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Police alert public on one-chance robbery as victim loses N700,000 in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has alerted members of the public of a notorious one-chance gang operating within Sagamu, Ijebu Ode to Mowe Expressway.

Omolola Odutola, the commandโ€™s spokesperson, in the late hours of Wednesday, made the announcement in a statement obtained by DAILY POST.

She said the command had received numerous complaints from residents, one of which involved a victim who was robbed of N700,000 at gunpoint after getting into a car from Kajola on Wednesday.

The spokesperson while warning traders and business owners not to risk traveling with huge cash, advised commuters to record and send a video to the police media if they are unsure about a boarded vehicle.

Odutola said, โ€œThe Ogun State Police Command has become inundated with complaints of a notorious gang operating within Sagamu, Ijebu Ode to Mowe.

โ€œCommuters on that axis, make a video of your next trip and upload it to police media when in doubt of the vehicle.

โ€œPlease alert our traders, and business owners not to risk traveling with huge cash.

โ€œToday, N700,000 was transferred from a victim, who joined from Kajola and at gun point they drove her into a street and made the transfer into a POS machine.

โ€œInvestigation is ongoing.โ€