According to information available to The Eagle Online, the one-man gang robber was arrested on January 2, 2023.
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The Ogun State Police Command, has arrested a suspected notorious armed robber in Temidire Anigilaje, Aregbe, in Abeokuta, the state capital, in the early hours of Friday.
The Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested a 29-year-old suspected armed robber, identified as Jeremiah Adeniran, who posed as an Uber driver and robbed his female passenger at knifepoint.
This was contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, Odiko Macdon, on Saturday in Uyo.
The spokesman of the State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday.
The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, gave the details in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Warri.
The patrol team had intercepted a Daylong motorcycle, with registration number GE 225 UT, on which were three young men, including the suspect.
The Commissioner, Abutu Yaro, made this known through the command’s spokesman, Michael Abattam.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Dutse.
According to a statement by the spokesman for the command, DSP Edafe Bright, Diamond, a member of a robbery syndicate that had been terrorizing Sapele residents for some time, was killed during an exchange of gunfire between his group and the police.
It was gathered that on Wednesday at about 10:00hrs, the Command succeeded in arresting one Muhammad Sani, 26, of Tudun Yan Shanu, Katsina, notorious armed robber.
The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in a statement in Kaduna on Sunday.
The suspect had been on the wanted list of the Lagos command of the Nigeria Police in connection with many murder cases, including the killing of a policeman in Ikorodu.
Odunade gave the advice while delivering judgment in a divorce suit filed by a hairdresser, Bosede Aregbesola, on grounds that her estranged husband, Aina, was an armed robber.
The suspect, who had been using the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps uniform to carry out his robbery operation, was apprehended on February 5, 2021
The spokesman of the Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed that the 23-year-old was arrested by the police, with the help of some community members when he went to attack a supermarket on November 29, 2020.
The man was arrested on December 7, 2020 at about 9am following a distress call that a suspected armed robber allegedly snatched a Honda CUB50 at Okpuno Otolo in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The armed robbers confronted the police in the gun battle in the early hours of Monday, according to available information.
Witnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident happened on Friday night at Olabisi Street, Ojota, at about 8. 30 p.m. while the victim was about entering her house.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kennedy Idirisu, made this disclosure in Lafia in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.