Three held in Ogun for freeway theft

From Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta

Police in Ogun State have arrested one Ayuba Buhari, Uzefa Idris and Adamu Yakubu for alleged freeway theft.

The teenage suspects have been arrested on Friday on the Alapako hall of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway whereas allegedly robbing occupants of a Mazda bus they’d compelled to cease alongside the freeway.

Police spokesperson Abimbola Oyeyemi mentioned in an announcement on Sunday that one of many victims of the theft assault was dispossessed of N545,00zero and a cellphone.

The girl and the motive force Zacheaus Olaniyi, who was additionally the opposite sufferer, have been rescued to the station.

Narrating the incident, the victims mentioned the hoodlums jumped into the street from the bush, compelled their  their automobile to cease and commenced to beat them with cutlass earlier than dispossessing them of their valuables.

Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police(DSP) mentioned the sum of N99,700:00ok and one itel cellphone have been recovered from three  suspects.

In response to the Police Spokesman, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has directed that the suspects must be transferred to the Particular Anti Theft Squads (SARS) for thorough investigation and prosecution.