Oyo State Police Command arrested a suspected
member of a robbery gang on his wedding day.
Olumide Asiyanbi, 42, told newsmen that nemesis
caught up with him when he was at the registry to
sign the dotted lines.
A suspected offender being forcefully arrested by
policemen attached to a task force team.
The police alleged he was a member of a six-man-
robbery gang who had terrorised residents of
Challenge area of Ibadan, the state capital.
The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammed
Katsina, said the suspects included a 62-year-old
Ghanaian.
Asiyanbi confessed that he had been involved in 10
different robbery attacks before he was arrested.
He said, “I was arrested on my wedding day. I met
the gang leader, James Agba, last year. He told me
he knew how we could be getting regular money. He
then initiated me into the gang. I have taken part in
at least 10 operations since I joined them.
“We used gun but I don’t know where James was
buying them. Sulaimon and Alhaji, who are also in
the gang, knew how the guns were bought for our
operations. I have fired shots at our targets but
nobody was killed.”
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