A police source said: “Police started the search for Dike in April 2015 after two armed robbery suspects, Akinropo Ogunsina and Jimoh Akeem, mentioned his name during interrogation that he was the receiver of the cars they used to snatch. Ogunsina confessed that he and his gang members snatched two Honda Accord 230 model cars and Sienna Space Bus and sold to Dike. Unaware that Ogunsina had been arrested, Dike repeatedly kept calling Ogunsina’s phone asking if he had another snatched car for sale.”
Browsing: CP Kayode Aderanti
A police source said: “Okeke belongs to a three man gang of robbers. They specialize in going into banking halls to monitor customers withdrawing huge sums of money. They would later attack such customers while they were heading to their destinations from the bank. The gang also used to embark on house to house robbery
Omowunmi Oturu, the elder sister of the deceased, said: “When he returned from work that day, he asked me what I had prepared. I said eba and vegetable soup. He said he didn’t feel like taking swallow. He asked for Indomie. He stepped outside to buy cold water and a few minutes later, I started hearing gunshots. My siblings and I became apprehensive. We decided to send a message to his phone, to alert him about the danger
According to a police source, the raid was initiated by the Lagos State Commissioner, Kayode Aderanti, after receiving series of petitions and complaints from people who take the route
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, said the victim, Precious Ugochi Okoro, residing at Ajah with her parents, was on her way back to her school, a boarding facility in Ikenne, Ogun State, when she was kidnapped
The Woman Police, Sergeant Mercy John, not only showed that she is a taekwondo expert, but ended up disarming and arresting one of the robbers, while the second fled in shock