Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspected cross-border armed robber, 17-year-old Beninoise, Wilben Kende. The Police also arrested two friends, Fidelis Sunday and Okechukwu Ibie, who were alleged to have robbed one Eghosa Omofonmuvan, a driver of a truck loaded with electronics headed for Onitsha at J4 Area of Ore-Lagos Expressway, Ogbere, and diverted the goods worth N3.1 million elsewhere.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ikemefuna Okoye, stated this while parading the suspects at the state police command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta. The Police said the Beninoise had confessed to the crime, but quoted the suspect as saying the pistol found on him belonged to his accomplice.
The Police said Kende, whose accomplice, Woti Usa, was still at large, specialised in snatching motorcycles from their owners at Owode Egbado, and taking them across to Republic of Benin.
Okoye said he was arrested on November 5 at Oke Irinja area, Owode Egbado, after snatching a motorcycle from one Gbadebo Taiwo, a commercial motorcycle rider, at gunpoint.
He said: “Taiwo was hired by Kende and his accomplice to take them to Ago Baba, but on the way, he (Kende) deliberately dropped off one of his slippers.
“He then told Taiwo to stop. It was at this point Kende brought a loaded locally-made pistol, pointed it at Taiwo and snatched his motorcycle.”
Okoye said they committed the crime on September 26.
However, Sunday and Ibie denied robbing anyone.
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