A gang of armed robbers have attacked what can be described as a sacred or forbidden place.
In Ibafo, Ogun State, they attacked a hospital and robbed not just its staff but also patients.
The Ogun State Police Command gave the hospital’s name as Riverside Hospital at Omolaja Odunbaku community in the town along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Owode Local Government Area.
The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident on Sunday, said a distress call was made to the Ibafo Division, and, in quick response, the Divisional Police Officer, Abiodun Ayinde, led the anti-robbery squad to the scene.
He said the gang on sighting the police took to their heels and escaped into a nearby bush.
Oyeyemi said the police did not relent in efforts to apprehend the runaway suspects, who were later arrested where they were hiding in Shamawa town in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.
Oyeyemi gave the identities of the suspects as Folarin Azeez (aka Hyper) 25, Temitope Bolariwa (aka Tincan), 24, and Kolade Ahmed (30), adding that items recovered from them are: 12 different types of Android and iPhones as well as wrist watches which the victims later identified as their stolen properties.
The police spokesman said while investigation was ongoing, the command got information about earlier robbery escapades of the suspects somewhere in Osun State.
While Ayinde is decsribed by many people in Ibafo as a ‘no-nonsense man’, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) for investigation into their various robbery activities.
