The public relations officer of the state command of the Nigeria Police, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the names of the suspects as: Sodiq Olabisi, Oluwatosin Andrew, Oladimeji Oyedele, Wasiu Raheem, Oyedokun Lekan, Yusuf Ajetunmobi, Busari Taoreed, Bolaji Raphael and Salami Toheeb.
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The suspects, Balogun Haruna, 25, and Imole Noah, were arrested following a distress call received by policemen attached to Idanyin Divisional Headquarters that four armed men were attacking a POS operator at Ketu Adiowe community, and that the hoodlums had dispossessed the woman of her bag containing the sum of N60,000), two android phones and a bunch of keys.
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.
The police charged Bayonle Aruna , 36 and Lawal Rasheed, 44 with conspiracy , assault, unlawful possession of firearm, and belonging to an unlawful society.
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, which rejected their plea, said they should be kept behind bars pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions