Police Arrest Herbalist As Part Of Robbery Gang Terrorising Ondo Bank
Two suspected members of a notorious robbery syndicate terrorising bank customers in Akure, Ondo State, have been apprehended.
The suspects, Adetoye Kolawole Martins and Lawrence Ojo Adebayo, were arrested following a robbery attack on a businessman in the state capital.
Martins, an herbalist and Adebayo, a local chief in Iju/Itaogbolu in Akure North Local Government Area, allegedly robbed one Adeyinka Adeniyi of N450,000.00 after the victim had made a withdrawal from a Zenith Bank’s branch in Akure.
SaharaReporters gathered that the two men belonged to a notorious syndicate which had been attacking and robbing customers of some financial institutions in Akure.
Undie Adie, the Commissioner of Police in Ondo State paraded the suspects at the headquarters of the command before journalists.
Mr. Adie explained how the two men trailed their victim (Mr. Adeniyi) to a construction site and broke into his car and stole his money.
According to the police chief, the suspects are members of a gang that killed Gabriel Kola Abiodun, a bursar with Anglican Church Diocese in Akure on April 4, 2019.
