By Ken Chiwendu
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The Ogun State Chapter of the Western Nigeria Security Network,otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps, on Sunday, engaged a gang of robbers in a gun duel near Southwestern University along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway, killing one suspect while arresting two others.
One of the gang members, Amechi Okoro,who led the security network to their hideout reportedly confessed that he had just been released from the Ikoyi Correctional Centre .
In a statement to journalists on Sunday,the Corps Commander, Brigadier General Alade Adedigba (retd.),said, “A suspect, Amechi Okoro, arrested during the gun duel with the corps, led operatives to their hideout, which resulted in the arrest of another gang member, Michael Oko, who had earlier escaped from the crime scene.
“During interrogation, Okoro confessed that he had just been released from Ikoyi Prison last Monday, while Oko stated that he was recruited into the gang by their ringleader, known as Awuha.”
Adedigba noted that the robbers were part of an armed gang terrorising the Odogbolu axis of the Lagos-Benin Expressway.
Items recovered from them included a motorcycle with plate number Lagos KTU 668, 12 mobile phones, two locally made pistols, a sum of N113,050, a silver wristwatch, and a red headset.
The Corps Commander explained that Oko hails from Anambra State but resides at No. 3 Olufuwa Street, Ago Iwoye, while Okoro, who previously lived in the Agric area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, is originally from Onitsha, also in Anambra State.
He disclosed that the body of the deceased had been evacuated by the police adding that the two arrested suspects would be transferred to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
