By Our Reporter
Seven fake soldiers are in police net, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun state, Edward Ajogun said on Tuesday.
The fake soldiers were reportedly arrested in Lagos and Sagamu after their failed operation on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The CP, while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters at Eleweran, Abeokuta, said the suspects, who were members of a gang, had operated at Ijebu-Ife around 2.30am on September 4 in military camouflage uniforms.
Ajogun said the criminal gang engaged his men in a gun battle, which led to the death of one of them while seven others escaped.
He said operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad, led by CSP Muhammad Tijani fished out the suspects from their different hideouts within and outside the state.
Ajogun said six of the suspects – Ikechukwu Alore, Ifeanyi Emmanuel, Chinbueze Kingsley, Obiora Michael, Elias John and Vincent Magnus– were arrested at different locations in Lagos.
He added that the remaining one, Chigozie Michael, was apprehended in Sagamu, Ogun State.
