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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected robbers at the Crown Park Company on the Ota Industrial Estate in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects, identified as Edehikenna Stanley and Segun Tope, reportedly stole two industrial batteries and held the security guards on the estate hostage.
They were later arrested following a distress call received by policemen in the Onipanu divisional headquarters around 3am.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.
Oyeyemi said the police were tipped off on Saturday that robbers invaded the company and held the security men hostage.
He said, “Upon the distress call, the DPO, Onipanu Police Station, CSP Bamidele Job, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene.
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“On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums, who had stolen two heavy industrial batteries, took to flight. But they were hotly chased and two of them were apprehended.
“Recovered from them were two industrial batteries, a toy gun which they used to instil fear in the minds of the security men, and two knives.”
The PPRO added that the two suspects had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department on the orders of the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, for discreet investigation.
