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One dies as robbers engage police in Shoot-Out on Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command killed a suspected armed robber during a gun duel with a gang of armed robbers on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway.

It was gathered that the police clashed with the armed robbers who were robbing travellers on the highway around 2:30am on Friday.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday said the police got a distress call that armed robbers, numbering about seven, blocked the road around the South-Western University and were dispossessing people of their belongings.

Oyeyemi said, “The Divisional Police Officer, Odogbolu Division, SP Awoniyi Adekunle, and his men who were on a joint patrol with a team of military men, received a distress call that armed robbers numbering about seven have blocked the road around South-Western University, and were dispossessing people of their belongings.

“Upon the distress call, the DPO and his team moved to the scene. But as soon as the armed robbers sighted them, they engaged them in a gun duel which lasted for about 45 minutes.

“At the end of the encounter, one of the robbers was arrested with severe bullet wounds while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds. The arrested suspect gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital.”

He added that the commissioner of police Cp Edward Awolowo Ajogun, who commended the quick response and bravery of his men, has directed that the entire area be properly combed with the view to apprehending the escaped members of the gang.

The CP has also appealed to members of the public especially the hospital, to alert the police, if anybody with gunshot injury is seen in their area.

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