One Killed As Armed Robbers Attack Popular Phone Market In Abeokuta
The police command in Ogun on Thursday confirmed that one trader was killed on Wednesday by armed robbers who invaded a popular phone market in Abeokuta.
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police spokesman for the police in Ogun, disclosed in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday that one of the armed robbers was arrested.
The statement explained that the police repelled the armed robbers who invaded the Tarmac phone market located in the Oke Ilewo area of Abeokuta.
The statement said seven armed robbers escaped, and a manhunt to apprehend them had commenced, adding that the gang stormed the market at about 5:30 p.m, shooting sporadically and dispossessing traders of expensive phones.
According to the police, the robbers were forced to flee because of the combined firepower of the ...