Three Police Officers Dismissed Over Armed Robbery

Three officers have been dismissed by the Ogun State Police Command over alleged armed robbery and extortion.

This was confirmed by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alamutu on Tuesday while parading suspects at the state headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

The dismissed officers were paraded alongside 27 other suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists.

According to the CP, the three police officers and a civilian were arrested following a report by one Kashimao Emmanuel, a student at Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode.

The suspects are Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, Inspector John Ogbe and Cpl Idowu Sunday, all attached to the Ijebu-Ife division, and one civilian, Adesiyan Mathew, said to be the driver.

The complainant according to Alamotu reported that while he was driving in his Toyota Venza, with the number plate, No. LSD 813 EX, he was accosted by a gang of four armed men, one of whom was in police round neck camouflage, while the three others were in mufti.

The victim was quoted to have said that the gang demanded his phone, but he declined.

“In the process, one of them fired a shot into the air and that was when he complied. They entered into his car and took him away towards Sagamu expressway. On getting to Ososa, they made a U-turn to Ijebu-Ode, where a sum of N300,000 was forcefully transferred from his account to an Opay account no. 9097829766,” Alamutu said.

Two other complainants who were victims at various times, were said to have come forward during investigation and identified the suspects to have earlier robbed them of their belongings in the same manner.

Alamutu said the policemen had been tried in orderly room and dismissed.

“They will be charged to court soonest,” he said.

Alamutu said six rifles with breach no: 23286 with 10 rounds of live ammunition, one AK-47 rifle with breach no: 804274 with six rounds of ammunition, one Toyota Camry marked APP 684 DX, were recovered from the suspects as exhibits.