A suspected armed robber was detained by the Ogun State-owned security company So-Safe Corps when he was assaulting an okada rider in Idiroko.
Ibrahim Oluwaseun, 22, a resident of Olorogbo Compound in the Asheko/Ibatefin Area of Ipokia Local Government in Ogun State, was detained by So-Safe Corps agents on Friday.
According to reports, Oluwaseun pretended to be a passenger when he hired Bamidele Mujeeb, an okada rider, to take him from Aferiku Street in Idiroko to Obalana Street on the Bebe Road, which leads to the Republic of Benin.
According to a statement from the office of the State Commander of the So-Safe, Commander Soji Ganzallo, through the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Moruf Yusuf, it was gathered that the suspect, who was on a robbery mission, later instructed the bike man to go through a narrow route that leads to the same destination.
“The suspect then brought out a gun, later discovered to be a toy gun, and commanded that the rider surrender himself and the bike or lose his life.
“At the scene, the So-Safe patrol team, Idiroko division, led by CSC Abdulkareem Muhammad, witnessed the funny act, pounced on the suspect and got him arrested,” Yusuf said.
The corps spokesman, said “the suspect confessed to the crime during preliminary investigation.”
He added that the suspect, his victim, the motorcycle and the recovered toy gun have all been handed over to the police at Idiroko divisional headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.
Meanwhile, the Ipokia Area Command under, ACC Yusuf Aliu and the divisions under it have been put on their toes to curb series of crime emanating from some okada riders and to put a stop to miscreants attacking law-abiding bike riders.