Police arrest man, 47 over attempt to rob, murder employer

Etim Effiong

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old security guard, Adamu Ibrahim for planning with two other people to rob and murder his employer.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect, who is a security man attached to Inspiration Filling Station around Matogun area of Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area, was arrested following a report by the duo of Ajibola Yusuf and Bakare Ifakayode, who reported at Agbado divisional headquarters that they received a phone call from the suspect that the manager of the petrol station would be leaving the place around 8pm with N3m.

Oyeyemi said in a statement on Sunday: “They reported that the suspect who described the manager and his motorcycle to them instructed them to ambush, rob him of the money and kill him to cover up the incident.

“They stated that the suspect believes that being area boys, they will be useful for him to realize his devilish plan, but the men said they are area boys, not armed robbers.

“Upon the information, the DPO Agbado division, SP Kehinde Kuranga, asked them to continue playing along with the suspect, while he detailed his detectives to be on his trail.

“Unknown to the suspect, he was continuously calling the duo, telling them the description of the manager and the route he would be passing through when the police swooped on him and got him arrested.

“Initially, he denied planning any robbery with anybody, but when confronted with his supposed accomplice, he owned up to the commission of the crime. On further interrogation, he confessed to the police that the two people he contracted resemble those, who earlier robbed the same station years ago and that was the reason why he thinks he can confide in them to carry out another robbery which he will benefit from.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

Ajogun appealed to members of the public, especially business owners to always have a proper background check of anyone they want to employ to weed out criminal elements.