The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Oyo State Command have arrested a 21-year-old suspected armed robber, Onome Samuel, with a locally made pistol.
The Commandant of the NSCDC in Oyo State, Michael Adaral Ewa, said in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun on Friday that the suspect was arrested on July 21 at about 9:30 pm around Olomi Academy area of Ibadan Oyo State for phone theft.
Adaralewa said, “Onome Samuel who is a member of a three-man gang specialized in robbing innocent citizens of their properties was arrested by men of NSCDC patrolling the Academy Olomi.
“The suspect was nabbed and was about to be set ablaze by a mammoth crowd when our men on patrol arrived there and rescued him.
“It is an offense to put the law into our hands, whenever a suspect is apprehended let’s hand it over to the Security agencies around and stop jungle justice.
“The other two members of the gang Sodiq and Toheeb who are at large at the time of the arrest were all based in Ikorodu, Lagos State. Onome Samuel confessed that he connected with his team on the phone whenever they wanted to go on an operation.
“Exhibits recovered from the suspect includes one locally made pistol which he said he bought for #50,000(Fifty thousand naira) and four live cartridges.
“After the completion of the investigation, the suspect will be handed over to the Nigeria Police for further investigation and prosecution. Though NSCDC has the mandate to prosecute any criminal offense because it involved robbery and two other suspects at large, this will enable the police to probe further on the activities of the suspect who came to rob in Ibadan from a neighboring state.”
