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Four men have been arrested for allegedly hijacking a trailer load of Golden Penny flour in Ogun State.
The police on May 5 nabbed the four suspected armed robbers, who had hijacked the truck along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode highway on April 16, 2021.
The suspects were identified by the police as; Eze Anthony Sopruchuckwu (34), Eze Chijoke Edeh (29), Olalekan Ayodele Muritala (44) and Samuel Johnson (32).
They were all arrested following a report lodged at Ikenne police station that the trailer, with registration number, ANG 57 LG, loaded with 600 bags of Golden Penny flour and driven by one Ahmed Tiamiyu, was hijacked along the highway.
Four suspected armed robbers have been arrested for hijacking a trailer load of Golden Penny flour long Shagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway of Ogun State.
The suspects who carted away the items on April 16 were arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on May 5, police authorities confirmed to Channels Television on Monday.
According to a statement issued by the spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects were identified as Eze Anthony Sopruchuckwu, Eze Chijoke Edeh, Olalekan Ayodele Muritala and Samuel Johnson.
Oyeyemi said they were apprehended following a “report lodged at Ikenne Divisional Headquarters, that a trailer, with registration number ANG 57 LG, loaded with 600 bags of Golden Penny flour and driven by one Ahmed Tiamiyu was hijacked along the expressway.”
Views: Visits 9 By James Ogunnaike Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested four members of an armed robbery gang, who hijacked a trailer load of golden penny flour, along Shagamu-Ijebu Ode expressway on the 16th of April 2021. The suspects, according to a statement issued by the command image maker, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, included Eze Anthony Sopruchuckwu, Eze Chijoke Edeh, Olalekan Ayodele Muritala, and Samuel Johnson were all arrested following a report lodged at Ikenne divisional headquarters. READ ALSO: University of Lagos Business School admits 37 for executive MBA Oyeyemi added that, it was reported at Ikenne Police station that a trailer, with registration number ANG 57 LG, loaded with 600 bags of Golden Penny flour and driven by one Ahmed Tiamiyu was hijacked along the expressway, while the driver and his motor boy were taken into the bush, where their hands were tied to their backs and their mouths sellotaped, before taken away the truck and