Police have arrested heartless, dare-devil armed robbers who invaded a private hospital at Ijebu Ode, robbing and raping patients and nurses.
According to Ogun State Police Command, which effected the arrest, the suspects were also responsible for the killing of one Alayande Oladipupo after dispossessing him of his belongings in Ijebu-Ode.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that no fewer than 10 armed robbers had been arrested in Ijebu-Ode for the two incidents.
The command,Adejobi added, made the arrest while acting on a tip-off that the armed men, who had been terrorizing Ijebu-Ode and its environ, were sighted at Molipa-Ikanga area in Ijebu-Ode about 5:30p.m. on Saturday
“The police operatives attached to Igbeba Division of the command swung into action immediately the information got to them and rushed to the said area where the suspected armed robbers opened fire on the police operatives, who responded with heavy fire power before eight of them were arrested.
“These suspects have been identified as the killers of one Alayande Oladipo, who was shot dead in Ijebu-Ode on August 25 and those responsible for the robbery and rape cases at a hospital in Ijebu-Ode.
“The suspects had robbed patients and staff of the said hospital and raped some of them during their operation at the hospital.”
