Police makes huge recovery in Edo, arrests suspects (photos)

– Omoruyi Nathaniel was arrested with a truck loaded with stolen fuel

– The alleged buyer of the stolen fuel, Mrs Adeyemi Adeyoyiosola is currently in police custody

Nemesis caught up with one Omoruyi Nathaniel,who is currently cooling his heels at the Ogun state Police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta where he is helping the police with useful information that will help in tracking other members of the group.

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Omoruyi and his group are criminals who is into hijacking truck laden with substances and divert them to other destination.

Police operatives attached to Iperu division of the Ogun state police command in Ikenne local government area of the state arrested some suspects who hijacked a truck,with Reg No AKD 711 XM at Mallo filling station, along Lagos/Ibadan expressway.

The truck, which was hijacked on February 12, 2016 at about 5.30am, is loaded with 33,000 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) popularly called, petrol.

The suspects who operated in a SUV (Registration number unknown) used the vehicle to cross the driver of the truck and hijacked the truck with its content and drove it down to Okada town in Edo state, South-South region of Nigeria.

The police operatives swung into action immediately the report was made at Iperu division and traced the truck to Okada, Edo state, where it was recovered with the product.

Omoruyi Nathaniel was arrested with the receiver, one Mrs Adeyemi Adeyoyiosola and they are currently at the department of criminal investigation and intelligence (DCII) Eleweran, Abeokuta for discreet investigation and prosecution.

The state commissioner of police, Abdulmajid Ali has commended the officers for the good and professional operation carried out and reinstated the command’s commitment to tackle such crime and other criminal activities in the state.

While condemning hijacking of trucks with goods, the police boss ordered the divisional police officers along the ever-busy Lagos/Ibadan and Lagos/Benin expressways in Ogun state to brace up and go after those hoodlums who embarrass and rob road users along the expressways.

Ali also directed the deputy commissioner of police in charge of department of criminal investigation and intelligence, Shina Olukolu to personally supervise the investigation.

The police boss, however, assured that the command will leave no stone unturned in making sure that criminals don’t go unpunished in the state.

READ ALSO: Pump price of fuel may be further reduced by FG – PPPRA

This arrest is milestone considering the looming fuel scarcity across the country. Residents in states like Lagos and Ogun have been having a difficult time getting petroleum products. Most of the filling stations in these states have been experiencing long ques though the product’s priced had not been hiked in any of the major filling stations. The federal government through the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, last week assured Nigerians that the products would be made available and blamed the recent ques at filling stations on “panic buying.”

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