The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly robbing the scholars of Gateway Polytechnic Sapaade, Ogun State.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in an interview with PUNCH On-line on Friday.
A number of robberies have been recorded on the college between late November and early December final 12 months, leaving two college students lifeless and a number of other others reportedly injured.
These assaults reportedly prompted college officers to droop bodily lessons and order college students to not attend college for 2 weeks.
In the meantime, following a report of a housebreaking on the residence of some college students within the Obalande space of Isara Remo on January 8, 2024, Musa Adamu, Marasa Aliu and Yahaya Muhammed have been arrested by the police in reference to the crime.
PUNCH On-line discovered that police had recovered a 3kg cylinder and about three mattresses, believed to have been stolen from the coed residence.
Concerning the arrest, the police spokesperson stated that some college students returned to the college after the vacations to seek out that their residences had been ransacked and that their fridge, amongst different issues, had been stolen.
“The scholars had simply returned from trip and found that their residence had been damaged into. There was a reported case of some stolen gadgets. Our investigations led us to the arrest of Adamu and two different suspects within the crime,” Odutola stated.
Earlier than the latest arrest, a minimum of eight suspected robbers have been arrested in reference to robberies and murders on the college between late November and early December final 12 months.
The command additionally reportedly recovered two Lexus vehicles and different gadgets stolen throughout a number of the assaults.
A graduate in Mass Communications from Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria, Uthman has over six years of expertise in journalism. He experiences crime to group information for Metro, an organization with a give attention to the capital markets and oil and gasoline sectors.
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