The Ekiti State police
command have
announced the arrest of
15 students of a
polytechnic in Kwara
State for armed
robbery.
According to the police
spokesman, Victor
Babayemi, the students
allegedly attacked two
filling stations in Otun-
Ekiti in Moba Local
Government Area and
dispossessed the
attendants of the sales
proceeds for that day.
They reportedly carried
out the robbery
operation on December
14 using a white bus
with number plate ‘SUG
002 Thunder Attack’.
They were later
arrested at Omuo Ekiti,
a border town between
Ekiti and Kogi State.
According to the police
statement: “The police
were alerted to the
operations of a 15-man
robbery gang that
invaded two filling
stations at Otun-Ekiti,
with a white
unregistered bus, but
marked ‘SUG 002
Thunder Attack’.
“The gang, which was
found to be made up of
students of a
polytechnic in Kwara
State, beat up the
attendants of the filling
stations, destroyed
their dispensing pumps
and dispossessed them
of their sales proceeds
while brandishing
dangerous weapons.
“On receiving the
information, police
patrol teams were
dispatched to seal off
the exit routes in the
state. And, before long,
the gang was
intercepted at Omuo-
Ekiti, the boundary
town between Ekiti and
Kogi states and the
occupants were
arrested.”
The suspects are;
Mustapha AbdulQuadri,
(24); Yusuf Rahman
(27); Suleiman Abdul
Rasak (30); Akorede
Adewole (25); Ayandara
Phillip (21); Lukman
Amunulahi (24); Ajiboye
Olamilekan (21);
Abdulganiyu Suleiman,
(22); and Alabi
Oluwatoyosi, (24).
Others are Adebayo
Michael (32); Alabi
Olumide (25); Fatai Kabir
(27); Ajibare Moshood
(20); Aliyu Usman (27);
and Olanipekun
Abimbola (24).
Babayemi said the police
recovered identity cards
of some of them,
adding that they
confessed that they
were students of a
polytechnic.
“We recovered the
identity cards which
showed that they are
students of the school.
We have written to the
school about our
findings and we are
expecting their
response,” he added.