Operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested two brothers; Akinola Akeem and Muyiwa Akeem and their native doctor, Odunta Moses, who were members of a notorious robbery gang that had been terrorizing Ijebu Mushin area of Ogun State for a long time.
According to Vanguard, the suspects were rounded up recently after they attacked the home of Pa Olutokunbo, in Ikala Village of Ijebu Mushin, killed his 72-year-old wife, Christiana Olutokunbo and robbed him of the sum of N550,000 and three mobile phones.
The brothers met with Moses also known as Koba sometime in March to help them prepare money ritual for which he charged them N100,000.
When they could not raise the money, they decided to rob Olutokunbo and paid Moses N100,000 from the proceeds.
One of Pa Olutokunbo’s sons, who is based in the United Kingdom, was said to have written a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, asking for an investigation into the robbery of his father’s house and the killing of his mother.
IGP, in-turn, directed his operatives at the IRT to investigate and track down the armed robbers.
Vanguard reports that the Ogun State Annex of the IRT, which was deployed to carry out the investigation arrested one of the users of the robbed mobiles who led the operatives to Akinola Akeem who sold the phone.
Akinola confessed during investigations that he had carried out some operations within Ijebu Mushin area of Ogun state including the robbery in Pa Olutokunbo’s house.
He then led the IRT operatives to arrest his younger brother, Muyiwa who also took part in the operation and their native doctor, Moses, who prepared charms for them before their operation.
A source who took part in the investigation told Vanguard on the condition anonymity that;
The members of the gang invaded the residence of Pa Olutokunbo, of Ikala Village in Ijebu Mushin area of Ogun state on the 15th March, 2020, and during the robbery, the sum of N550, 000, three mobile phones, were taken from the home.
While the robbery was on, Pa Olutkunbo,’s wife age 72 years, Christiana Olutunkbo, started shouting for help, one of the robbers, named Akinola Mayowa, pulled the old woman into one of their rooms and strangled her to death.
Akinola reportedly attempted to kill Pa Olutokunbo, but the old man pretended to have died from shock and the robbers left believing, he was dead.
The case was reported at Itamogiri Police Station.
Speaking during interrogation, Akinola said frustration led him and his brother to commit the crime.
The native of Ijebu Mushin explained that his brother got information about Olutokunbo at a bar while the old man was having a chat with some fun seekers.
