15 poly students nabbed for robbery in Ekiti

Police in Ekiti State have arrested 15 polytechnic students for armed robbery.

The students were said to have carried out some operations on December 14 using a white bus with number plate SUG 002 Thunder Attack.

According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Victor Babayemi, the suspects said to be students of a polytechnic in Kwara State, invaded two filling stations in Otun-Ekiti  in Moba Local Government Area  and dispossessed  the attendants of the sales proceeds for that day.The suspects, it added, destroyed fuel dispensers at the filling stations.

The PPRO explained that following a tip off, policemen arrested the suspects at Omuo-Ekiti, a border town between Ekiti, and Kogi states. Babayemi said a pistol and a  single barrel gun were recovered from the gang.

The suspects are Mustapha AbdulQuadri, (24);  Yusuf Rahman (27);   Suleiman Abdul Rasak (30); Akorede Adewole (25);     Ayandara Phillip (21);     Lukman  Amunulahi (24); Ajiboye Olamilekan  (21); Abdulganiyu Suleiman, (22); and Alabi Oluwatoyosi, (24).

Others are      Adebayo Michael  (32); Alabi Olumide (25);     Fatai Kabir (27); Ajibare Moshood  (20); Aliyu Usman (27); and  Olanipekun Abimbola (24).

Babayemi said the police recovered identity cards of some of them, adding that they confessed that they were students of a polytechnic.