Man, Wife Rob Residents At Gunpoint In Ogun

Source: www.totalfamilylife.com
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The 4-person gang which consisted of the couple and two others, Taiwo Dada and Ezekiel Alawode, were caught during a robbery at Santos Crescent, Araromi Estate, in the state.

Punch reports that the Ogun State Police Command arrested them at about 9.30pm on Saturday, January 17. The robbers were said to have connived with one of the security men in the estate, but were caught by members of the local vigilance group before they were handed over to the Agbado Police Division, Ayinla, on Sunday.

Locally-made guns were retrieved from their possession and it was further made known that it was the Augustine couple, Amache and Seun, who had stayed on the estate for about a year, that allegedly led the gang on the night of the robbery attempt.

One of the victims, Rasheed Akinwande, spoke to Punch, saying that he was shocked to learn that Amache, who he knews as a bricklayer on the estate, was the one who brought the robbers to attack the residents.

“It was at about 9pm when they got to my apartment. They were two men and two women ─ Amache and his wife with another man and woman. But the couple did not come inside my house. Instead, two strange faces, who wore black jackets and jean, broke through my windows, and pointed a gun at me.

“They asked everyone to lie down, and they collected money ─ about N6,000 that they found in the house. They demanded more, and they even packed the recharge cards which my wife was selling. Few minutes later, we began to hear gunshots in the environment. The robbers fled. But the local vigilance group apprehended them eventually.”

Making it known that vigilance group members had prevented an angry mob from lynching the suspects on the night, the general secretary of the estate's community development association, Stephen Adesoji, said,

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“Two of the suspects were a husband and wife, and they live with us in the estate. They invited two others to perpetrate the crime. It was the security man they connived with who later alerted us that robbery was going on, and we informed the vigilance group.”

At the couple's rented apartment, it was observed that the place was locked and dusty.

Amache, it was said, worked as a bricklayer, while the woman was a full time housewife, who took care of the couple's four children. It is understood that the suspects, in their statements to the police, had confessed to the crime. The police public relations officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest. He added that the suspects had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta.

He said, “The suspects are now at the SCID where further investigation is ongoing.

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