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Daily Post Nigeria
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Men of Oyo State Police Command have arrested two fraudsters who have been defrauding innocent residents of the State by buying goods and collecting money from Point of Sales (POS) operators with fake bank alerts.
DAILY POST gathered that the duo of Olayide Olumide and Oluwemimo Adeyanju have been purchasing clothing materials and electronics from shop owners and market women. They also withdrew money from Point of Sale (POS) operators in some parts of Ibadan such as Apete and Awotan communities.
The suspects were arrested after series of complaints from some of the victims.
DAILY POST gathered on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested on Friday by the Police operatives attached to Apete Police Divisional Headquarters.
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Police, Amotekun, hunters arrest bandits in Igangan
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By Ola Ajayi
COMBINED efforts of local hunters, Amotekun Corps and the Nigeria Police have led to the arrest of eight bandits who mounted illegal roadblocks at Igangan, in Oyo State.
The policemen from Iganna Division were said to have combed Budu Uberu, off Ofeegun village via Igangan and got the suspected robbers arrested.
The hoodlums were among other 23 suspected criminals paraded by the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele, Ibadan at the weekend.
While parading the suspects at the State Police headquarters, the State Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, said, “On 2nd May, 2021 at about 1000hrs, a group of men attempted to dispossess motorists along Elekokan/Iganna road of their valuables, an action that was repelled by officers attached to Iganna Divisional Police Headquarters in collaboration with operatives of Amotekun Corps, causing suspects to flee with gunshot injuries, leaving behind a locally ma