Barely three days after a seven-man armed robbery gang raided residents of Tells Estate in Akobo area of Ibadan, Oyo state capital, another robbery gang on Monday night stormed Fenwa community in the city and carried out a house to house operation.
During the operation that lasted for about four hours, valuable items and cash were carted away by the 15-man armed robbery gang, while about seven residents of the community, located in Ido local government area, were injured.
However, members of the Otunba Gani Adams led Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), who stormed the community after receiving distress calls, prevented the men of the underworld from raiding more houses, and captured one of the robbers.
The OPC chairman in Ido local government area, Alhaji Muritala Adekola Ifawale, who led his members to the scene was reportedly shot by the robbers several times, but the bullets did not penetrate into his body.
After exhausting their bullets, the robbers reportedly took to their heels, as OPC members chased them and captured one of them who later identified himself as Ojo Adegboyega. Â The OPC members also recovered a green colour Honda CRV with registration number LAGOS LND 667 EU from the fleeing robbers.
Speaking with journalists who visited the community later, Adegboyega revealed that he joined the robbery gang after he was sacked by a company he was working with in Ikeja, Lagos.
He revealed further that one Roland Wisdom invited his gang for the Monday night operation during which he met his waterloo.
Also speaking with newsmen, one of the injured residents of the community, Mr. Wasiu Adegoke, revealed that the sum of N208,000 and other valuable items were carted away from his house by the hoodlums.
Adegoke, who had deep cuts on his head and blood stains all over his body, said he was hit on the head with the butt of a gun several times when struggling with the robbers. Another injured resident of the community was Mr. Ogun Jimoh.
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