The Kwara State police command yesterday said the command is on the trail of two undergraduates of a federal higher institution in the state for their alleged involvement in an armed robbery operation in Ilorin, the state capital.

The accused, Haruna Jimoh 23, also a student of the same institution was yesterday paraded before newsmen by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Peter Gana.
Jimoh and the two other suspects at large were said to have on July 25th, 2011 invaded a residential house at Irewolede village in the metropolis armed with a locally made pistol, axe and a knife.

According to the CP, a resident of the area was allegedly stabbed in the stomach with a knife. The police boss used the forum to announce the promotion of 149 police inspectors from the command to the rank of Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP).
He said, two divisional police officers (DPO) Mathias Asogwa and Ojayele Yomi of Offa and ‘A’ divisions were honoured for outstanding performances.

On the robbery incident, Mr. Gana added that the quick response of men of the special anti robbery squads (SARS) saved the residents from being robbed, while one of the suspected robbers was said to have been arrested on the spot, the two others however, escaped arrest.
Gana said that, “items recovered from the arrested suspect included a gun, which was later discovered to be a plastic toy gun and two masks.

Investigations conducted have revealed that the three suspected robbers are students of one of the tertiary institutions in Ilorin.“The arrested suspect is a leader of one of the secret cults in the institution, while the two others at large are members of the cult.” The police commissioner also paraded one Agara Wilson (22) of Isu village in Imo state for allegedly attempting to rob a man, who he and other suspect at large had trailed from a commercial bank along Taiwo road, Ilorin on August 1, 2011.

He added that investigations conducted by the police had revealed that Wilson and his fleeing colleagues belonged to a gang of criminals who specialised in using motorcycles to snatch peoples’ bags and money. “The gang at times plant nails on their victims’ vehicles’ tyres parked and later trail them to a safer place where they can rob them while changing the flat tyres,” he said.

The commissioner equally paraded another three suspected armed robbers for invading the resident of an undisclosed personality at Basin area of the town on July 19, 2011.

The suspects are Tunde Michael (33), Isiaka Adisa (22) both of Oyun area and Richard Bulus (24) of Sango area, all in Ilorin. He said, “ironically one of the supects, Isiaka Adisa was a former security guard in his victim’s resident, he supplied his gang members, all the necessary information.”