Edo State Police Command has arrested two
15-year-old secondary school students,
Osayame Osamede and Junior Godbless, for
alleged armed robbery and cultism.
Parading the teenagers at the Command
headquarters in Benin, the state
commissioner of police, Haliru Gwandu
urge parents to always monitor activities
and movements of their children with a
view to prevent.
Three members of the gang, including
Godbless, were arrested during their
robbery operation.
Osamede, a JSS 3 student of Army Day
Secondary School, in Benin, was however
picked up at his father’s house by police
operatives, following confession by other
members of the gang that he and his elder
brother who is now at large, procured the
locally cut-to-size gun with which they
robbed their victims during the yuletide
period and dispossessed them of their
valuables, including mobile phones.
On his part, Junior Godbless, who
confessed to his involvement in the crime,
told our correspondent that he was
arrested with two other members during
his second robbery operation. Other
members of the gang also confessed to
their illicit business.
The four-man robbery gang, was among
the 85 suspects, ranging from kidnappers,
armed robbers, murderers, cultists and
impersonation, paraded at the Command
headquarters.
The CP said that all suspects will be
charged to relevant courts as soon as
investigations are concluded.
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