Four members of an infamous gang of armed robbers in the area have been apprehended by the Kwara State Police Command in conjunction with members of the Miyetti Allah of Oro-Ago town in the state’s Ifelodun Local Government Area.
According to information obtained by the Nigerian Tribune, the hoodlums’ major method of income was stealing local businesspeople and traders in the region of their cash and commodities, particularly on market days.
According to information, on August 20, 2022, Alhaji Yahaya Ishaku, a “male” from Ahun Fulani via Oro-Ago, was returning from the Kara market in Ajase-Ipo, where he had gone to sell his cows, when he was waylaid and robbed of the proceeds of the sale of his cows, which totaled N600,000. The suspects were identified as Bello Baneri, Umaru Shehu,
Okasanmi Ajayi, the state police public relations officer (PPRO), who confirmed the event, claimed that the inquiry found that the complainant had hired the first suspect, Mamma Mohammed “male,” to assist him in loading his cows into the car before setting out to the market to sell them.
In a joint operation on August 22, 2022, at around 1500 hours, a team of police officers and members of Miyetti Allah of Oro-Ago went in pursuit of a group of armed robbers, whose specialty was primarily robbing unsuspecting locals of their money and possessions on market days.
In a joint operation on August 22, 2022, at around 1500 hours, a team of police officers and members of Miyetti Allah of Oro-Ago went in pursuit of a group of armed robbers, whose specialty was primarily robbing unsuspecting locals of their money and possessions on market days.