File photo: Police officer
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four suspected robbers and recovered a stolen motorcycle following a violent attack on two commuters along the Ali Weree Camp axis of Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
The command disclosed that the suspects were apprehended after a swift operation launched by police operatives in collaboration with personnel of the National Forest Security Service operating within the area.
The spokesperson for the command, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the incident occurred on Thursday, at about 8pm when armed men attacked two commuters returning from a market.
According to Ejire-Adeyemi, the assailants, armed with sticks and cutlasses, inflicted injuries on the victims before dispossessing them of their motorcycle and fleeing the scene.
