A certain herbalist, identified as Musiliu Otun was arrested over the weekend by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly keeping arms, ammunitions, and making charms for suspected armed robbers.
Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, said, “SARS operatives have been probing the involvement of the herbalist in many robbery operations, which led to his arrest.”
The herbalist, the PPRO said was arrested at the Itunranikenken area of Sagamu, in the Sagamu Local Government Area, with guns, ammunition and charms.
Adejobi said the Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, had directed that proper investigations be carried out on the cases.
He said the command would leave no stone unturned to ensure adequate protection of lives and property in Ogun State.
In a similar development, Adejobi also said the Sagamu Police Division on Sunday, December 13, arrested one Kabiru Soyemi for robbery and cultism.
According to him, the policemen who responded to a distress call from some victims attacked by the suspect, arrested Soyemi with a locally-made pistol.
Adejobi added that other members of the robbery gang fled, however, “both suspects are helping the police in their investigation, and efforts are on to arrest the fleeing members of the syndicate.”
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