The Ogun State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 2,735 suspects for various crimes, ranging from robbery, kidnapping, rape and cultism across the state in the last six months.
The Police Command also recovered 139 arms and ammunition and 31 vehicles within the period under review.
The state Police Commissioner, Edward Ajogun, disclosed this at the Command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital, on Thursday, while parading 45 suspected criminals.
Ajogun hinted that 1,139 suspects were undergoing prosecution in courts across the state, adding that 45 suspects have been convicted and serving various sentences.
“From July 23, 2020, to date, the Command arrested a total number 113 armed robbery suspects, 227 suspected cultists,24 suspected kidnappers, 47 rape suspects, and 2324 persons suspected of other offences.
“Also, during the period, 14 armed robbery suspects were shot dead while engaging our men in a gun duel. The Command also recovered 57 various types of firearms, 82 different types of amunitions and 31 vehicles.
He added: 1,139 suspects are undergoing prosecution in courts across the state while 45 suspects have been convicted and serving various sentences”
The police boss put the worth of property, including vehicles recovered at one hundred and nine million, eight hundred and twenty thousand, nine hundred and thirty-five.
Ajogun pledged that the Command would not rest on its oars to rid the state of crime and criminality.
“We will continue to clamp down heavily on criminals, most especially those involving in violence.”
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