Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have abducted one person, leaving another person injured along Sagamu –Ijebu –ode Expressway.
Ogun police Public Relation Officer, Omolola Odutola disclosed that the Divisional Police Officer Ikenne, has promptly responded to a suspected Armed robbery incident that occured at on Sunday Following information gathered, the Guardian gathered that the abduction incident took place near Delabo Junction along the Sagamu/Ijebu-Ode Expressway.
Odutola stated that a group of un identified armed individuals in their unregistered Venza Toyota car, trailed a man in his Toyota RAV4 Jeep, grey colour with license plate number – Lagos – AGL-16-JE, to a rough patch of the road, and blocked the victim’s vehicle.
HeapNews gathered that the criminals fired four rounds of ammunition believed to be from an AK-47 into the driver’s back tyre and another shot into the front tyre and immediately the hoodlums alighted from their vehicle forced the driver of the Toyota Rav 4 into their waiting Venza Jeep, and sped off towards Ijebu-Ode.
It was also confirmed that during the incident, the hoodlums also shot at the driver of another Toyota Camry car, black colour,with license plate number – Lagos – AAA-04-JB, inflicting injury on his left leg as he attempted a U-turn.
However, a bus driver traveling from Abuja to Lagos in the Ilisan area was stopped by the criminals, and smashed his bus’s windshield and took his mobile phone after warning him to be cautious as he was not their target.
The Police spokesperson further said that Other injured driver has been promptly taken to Babcock University Teaching Hospital in Ilisan for treatment and is currently responding to treatment.
She noted that no lives were lost but the two vehicles damaged by the fleeing suspects have been towed to the station.
“The Commissioner of Police has been briefed and has detailed the Anti Kidnapping unit to take up the investigation”.