Ogun police recover 2 fleeing robbers corpses

The Ogun State Police Command
said it had recovered the corpses of two of
three robbers who fled when policemen
attached to Odogbolu division of the state
engaged them in a gun battle along Omu/Epe road in Odogbolu Local Government Area of
Ogun State, last Wednesday. The Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa
Adejobi, in a statement in Abeokuta, yesterday,
explained that his men went in search of the
fleeing robbers with some members of the
vigilante service of Ogun State and recovered
the corpses in the nearby bush a day after the gun duel. It would be recalled that three robbers escaped
with gun wounds after engaging the police in a
gun duel last Wednesday. According to Adejobi, “the corpses have been
deposited in a mortuary in Ijebu Ode. He said: “The command has put machinery in
place to harness all available resources on
ground in the state to provide adequate
security of lives and property for the general
populace. “The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State, CP
Ikemefuna Okoye appreciates the people of
the state particularly the members of the
Vigilante Service of Ogun State for their
support in achieving the effective policing of
Ogun State. “In the same vein, the command will always
work with other security agencies in Ogun
State, in all ramifications, to get the state rid of
hoodlums.”