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A woman identified as Chioma Okafor, and 19-year-old Nweke Joshua have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun state police command for allegedly robbing traders with toy guns in the state.
Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest via a statement signed and released by him.
It stated that the suspects were arrested during a raid at the Adesan Mowe, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
According to Oyeyemi, the residents of the community alerted the police and they swung into action.
Oyeyemi said “Upon receiving the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, Mowe Division, SP Folake Afeniforo, quickly mobilised the division’s patrol team and men of the So Safe Corps to the scene where the two suspects were arrested.
“On searching them, it was discovered that they came to rob the shop with toy guns which looked perfectly like original pistols. On interrogation, 19-year-old Nweke Joshua informed the police that it was Chioma Okafor who came with the idea of carrying out the robbery operation in order for them to have some money.”
Oyeyemi said the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.