Ogun state police arrested two ex-convicts, Wasiu Opeyemi and Noah Isreal, who were returning from a robbery operation in Ogbomoso, Oyo state.
Opeyemi, 37, is an indigenous person from Ijebu Ode, while Isreal, 27, hails from Benue state.
Both men were arrested by officers from the Ogun Commando Anti-Kidnapping Unit during a routine patrol in the Mowe area of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Police spokesmanAbimbola Oyeyemi, made it known through a statement on Monday.
The suspects, who claimed to have met at the Oba Correctional Center in Abeokuta while serving different prison terms, allegedly confessed to robbing their victims with a cutlass.
The statement read in part: “The men on a motorcycle were approached by the team for the suspicious manner in which they appear and were detained for questioning.
“The two suspects tried to escape but our officers quickly surrounded them and took them to the nearest police station.
“During interrogation, they confessed to the police that they came from Ogbomoso, in Oyo state, where they went to carry out a robbery operation.
“They also confessed that all the assets in their possession are the product of the operation.”
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Police added that the suspects had confessed to forcing one of their victims to transfer N100,000 to an account.
“Two laptops, eleven phones of different types, a Rolex wristwatch, a cash sum of one hundred twenty-two thousand naira and bags containing household items were recovered from them.”
Meanwhile, Ogun State Police Commissioner Lanre Bankole has ordered a thorough investigation of the suspects before transferring them to Oyo State for prosecution.