Police arrest three robbery suspects in Kwara
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested three robbery suspects in a major crackdown on criminals around Kwara State University axis, Malete.
They are Ridwan Abdulfatai (20), from Oke-Foma area in Ilorin, said to be a jailbird; Ibrahim Ridwan Akorede (25), also of Oke-Foma area, Ilorin; and Aliyu Abubakar Apalando (25).
According to the Police Command’s Spokesperson, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, they all confessed to their crimes.
The crackdown, he revealed, was due to reports of armed robbery/rape cases recieved by Malete Divisional Police Headquarters from attacked students and residents of Malete.
In a swift response, the State Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, set up a crack team of detectives comprising the Anti-cultism, Anti-Kidnapping, Anti-robbery and personnel of Malete Division with the mandate to break the suspects’ foothold and bring the culprits to justice.
“In carrying out the directive of the CP after recieving another report of an armed robbery attack from the trio of Adeboyo Omolade ‘F’, Adeyeye Adebola ‘F’ and Babatunde Hellen ‘F’ all 400L students of Kwara State University, Malete, that at about 0330hrs of 07/10/2022, they were all robbed at their hostel called ‘Downtown’ hostel by armed hoodlums and their property forcefully carted away.
“While approaching the suspected hide out of the gang, the team was sighted by the hoodlums and the armed robbers took to their heels, but one Ridwan Abdulfatai ‘M’ aged 20yrs, from Oke Fomo Ilorin was arrested by the detectives.
“Consequently, the suspect under intense interrogation confessed he is the leader of a robbery gang terrorizing the Malete community and its environs, stating also that he is also a jail bird,” the statement read partly.
The Police Spokesman said the suspect led the investigators to effect the arrest of two other members of the gang, Akorede and Apalado, who have confessed to the crimes.
The investigation, he added, also led to the recovery of some items suspected to have been snatched at gun points during some of their operations.
The items include one locally-made gun, one jack knife, charms, 11 generators, 87 handsets, 10 laptops and two television sets among others.
