2 Dismissed Soldiers Arrested For Robbery, Cars Recovered

The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested two dismissed soldiers of the Nigerian Army for alleged armed robbery.

The police recovered three vehicles and a motorcycle from the suspects.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, in a statement he made available to newsmen yesterday in Ibadan, the state capital, said the arrest was made possible through credible intelligence and an intense manhunt by the command’s Monitoring Unit within the Ibadan metropolis.

He said one of the suspects, aged 48, a dismissed Corporal of the Nigerian Army, falsely paraded himself as an Army Captain, while the second, aged 43, was also a dismissed Corporal of the Nigerian Army.

He said the suspects specialised in dispossessing unsuspecting members of the public of their vehicles at gunpoint, instilled fear in them and disrupted public peace within the state.

Olayinka listed the items recovered from the suspects during the operation were one Toyota Camry, black in colour, with registration number KRD 253 KC and one Toyota Corolla, metallic in colour, with registration number JTA 938 AA.

“Others were one Lexus RX 350, silver in colour, unregistered; and one Super Cargo motorcycle, black in colour, with registration number YRE 487 VD,” he said.

He called on members of the public who might have lost their vehicles to armed robbery or theft and whose vehicle descriptions matched any recovered exhibits to approach the command with valid proofs of ownership and identification.

Olayinka said the suspects were currently assisting the command with credible information that could help to apprehend other members of the criminal syndicates.