NEWS: Armed robbery suspect arrested on wedding day

FILE PHOTO: A suspected offender being forcefully arrested by policemen

Oyo State Police Command arrested a suspected member of a robbery gang on his wedding day.
Olumide Asiyanbi, 42, told newsmen that nemesis caught up with him when he was at the registry to sign the dotted lines.
A suspected offender being forcefully arrested by policemen attached to a task force team.
The police alleged he was a member of a six-man-robbery gang who had terrorised residents of Challenge area of Ibadan, the state capital.
The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Katsina, said the suspects included a 62-year-old Ghanaian.
Asiyanbi confessed that he had been involved in 10 different robbery attacks before he was arrested.
He

said, “I was arrested on my wedding day. I met the gang leader, James Agba, last year. He told me he knew how we could be getting regular money. He then initiated me into the gang. I have taken part in at least 10 operations since I joined them.
“We used gun but I don’t know where James was buying them. Sulaimon and Alhaji, who are also in the gang, knew how the guns were bought for our operations. I have fired shots at our targets but nobody was killed.”