4 Armed Robbers Who Crossed Into Nigeria From Ghana Killed By Ogun Police

Four
members of an international robbery gang
suspected to be from Ghana were yesterday
shot dead by police in Abeokuta, Ogun State
capital. The State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
men who carried out the operation also
arrested two other members of the gang who
were seriously injured during a botched
attempt on a bureau de change office in Itoku,
Abeokuta. The gang which fell into the trap
set by the police was said to have attempted
to rob the forex operators before they met
their waterloo. Parading two of the suspects,
Adamu Bamako and Ibrahim Tanko, who were
injured during the shoot-out, the state police
spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, described the
suspects as cross-border bandits based in
Ghana. Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of
Police, described the gang as notorious
included nationalities of West African
countries who invade Nigeria to commit
crimes. He confirmed that the men of the
SARS foiled the planned attack. He said the
SARS operatives had been working on
intelligence on the activities of the notorious
cross-border gang who had constituted
nuisance to the state, noting that during the
exchange of fire, a senior member of SARS was
injured and has been treated. He commended
the people of the state for sharing information
with the command. The command lauded
SARS men for their efforts at keeping criminals
at bay and appealed to them to sustain their
efforts.