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Suspected armed robbers, on Saturday, engaged policemen in a gun battle at Ipamesan area of Sango Ota, Ogun State.
A security guard attached to a warehouse owned by one Yinka Oduwale was shot dead while the robbers looted the facility.
DAILY POST learnt that a distress call was received by the DPO of Sango Ota Divisional Police Headquarters, CSP Godwin Idehai, after the incident, prompting him to mobilise his team to the scene.
The robbers, who also snatched two vehicles from different locations, fled on sighting the team.
“On getting to Joju area, and realising the determination of the patrol team to subdue them, they decided to engage the policemen in a gun battle.
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one suspected armed robber in the Sango area of the state.
The arrest followed a gun battle between men of the State Police Command and dare devil armed robbers who operated at the Ipamesan area in the early hours of Saturday.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the police spokesman in the state DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Divisional Police Officer of Sango Ota received a distress call that the armed men were burgling a warehouse in the area.
Following the distress call, the DPO, Godwin Idehai, quickly mobilised his patrol team, and moved to the scene.