Police Nabs 3 Armed Robbery Suspects, Recovers Single Barrel Gun In Kogi

By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

Three suspected armed robbers were arrested by the Kogi State police command following POS robbery attack at Ogidi in Ijumu local government area, Kogi State.

The Operatives of Operation Puff Adder II attached to Iyara Division received a report that on 13/4/2021 at about 2200hrs, three armed men invaded a POS shop at Ogidi, attacked the operator, inflicted injury on him and forcefully collected unspecified amount of money from him.

The quick action of the command according to our correspondent was sequel to the directives of the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, Ede Ayuba Ekpeji psc (+) to all the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, operational and tactical Commanders as well as intelligence Officers to secure public places and guaranteed a safe and secure environment for all

Consequent upon the report, the Operatives of Operation Puff Adder II promptly swung into action through an intelligence led operation trailed the suspects to their hideout and were arrested.

Items recovered from the suspects according to the Police include one single barrel gun and mobile phones respectively.