Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta
The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested four cattle rustlers at Orile Igbein, Ofada, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state.
The command said the suspects– Madu Abuchi, Onyeka Okafor, Francis Onyeka and Hafiz Mustapha– were arrested on Saturday, August 19, 2017.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspects, who had earlier robbed two herdsmen, Muhammed Ruga and one Babuga of their two cows, were arrested around 1am while planning another operation at Orile Igbehin.
He said, “During their earlier operation, the suspects attacked the two herdsmen with cutlasses, tied them in both hands and legs after beating them thoroughly, before making away with two big cows.
“Luck, however, ran out on them when they were coming for another operation and information got to the police at the Owode-Egba divisional headquarters of the command.”
Oyeyemi said the Divisional Police Officer, Sheu Alao, led his men to arrest the suspects.
He said the suspects had been identified by their victims, adding that they also confessed to being responsible for the hijacking of some trucks loaded with cement in the state and that “one Femi, who has houses in Sagamu and Itori, is the receiver.”
He noted that efforts were on to apprehend the said Femi.
The spokesperson said the police recovered from the suspects three cutlasses, a rope, an iron rod, charms, a jack-knife, different types of handsets, an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle, and belts of a security agency.
According to Oyeyemi, the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad for further investigation.
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