Ogun: Police arrest two armed gang members for robbing Pastor

By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta

Two members of an armed robbery gang who robbed one pastor Godwin Ojerinde of God’s Will Praying Ground, Siun in Obafemi Owode local government area have been apprehended by operatives of Ogun state police command.

The two suspects, Oshilaru Bidoun and Tolulope Oluwafemi, a female with three other members of their gang were said to broken into the Pastor’s house at about 3:15 am of on the 9th of February 2021 armed with guns and other dangerous weapons.

According to statement from the Spokesman of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi on Tuesday, the hoodlums were said to have held the Pastor and his family hostage, ransacked the house and dispossessed them of one Pathfinder Jeep with registration number WDE-38-MM, one Samsung A20 handset and one infinix hot note handset.

Receiving the information, the DPO Owode-Egba division, CSP Mathew Ediae and his crack detectives were said to have embarked on an intensive technical and intelligence based investigation in order to unravel those responsible for the heinous crime.

However, after weeks of painstaking investigation, the duo of Oshilaru Biodun and Tolulope Oluwafemi were apprehended based on a tipoff.

Upon interrogation, the suspects were said to have confessed to being parts of the robbery syndicate confessing further that the Pathfinder Jeep has been sold to someone in Ogere Ogun state and that the vehicle was already on its way to the Northern part of the country.

The detectives were said to have quickly started tracing the vehicle, and it was eventually recovered in Mokwa, Niger State.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation. He also directed that efforts should be intensified to bring the fleeing members of the gang to book.