Victim Loses N700,000 To ‘One-Chance’ Robbery In Ogun
A resident of Ogun State was on Wednesday robbed of N700,000 at gunpoint after getting into a car from Kajola area of the state.
The Police Command of the state disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday night.
According to the command’s public relation officer, SP Omolola Odutola,
they had received numerous complaints from residents on ‘one chance’ incidence with the victim whose cash was made away topping the list.
Moreover, Odutola, while cautioning
traders and business owners not to risk travelling with huge cash, informed the public that there is a notorious one-chance gang operating within Sagamu, Ijebu Ode, and Mowe areas of state.
She advised commuters to record and send a video to the police media if they were unsure about a boarded vehicle.
She said, “The Ogun State Police Command has become inundated with complaints of a notorious gang operating within Sagamu, Ijebu Ode, and Mowe areas of Ogun State.
“Commuters on that axis should make a video of your next trip and upload it to police media when in doubt of the vehicle.
“Please alert our traders and business owners not to risk travelling with huge cash.
“Today, N700,000 was transferred from a victim who joined from Kajola, and at gunpoint, they drove her into a street and made the transfer into a POS machine.
She added that investigation is ongoing to apprehend the culprits.
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