The Police Command in Oyo State has apprehended two suspected armed robbers and recovered firearm and other items on the Oyo-Iwo Expressway.
This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, on Wednesday in Ibadan.
Ayanlade said the suspects were nabbed after the operatives received a distress call about their operation in the area.
According to him, the suspects allegedly barricaded the Oyo–Iwo Expressway around Akoda Village in Afijio Local Government Area in the early hours of Sunday, thereby attacking motorists and passengers travelling from a nearby market towards Iwo Town.
The PPRO further said that some victims sustained machete injuries during the attack, while others were subjected to other violent acts and dispossessed of their valuables.
