Chioma Okafor (29 years old) was arrested on Friday by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly being involved in a robbery with Nweke Joshua (19 years), in the Adesan region of Mowe.

SP Abimbola Oleyemi, the spokesperson for the state police, stated that the suspects were arrested following an alarm call at Mowe divisional headquarters around 9:30 PM. The distress call indicated that the suspects invaded a provisional shop owned by Johnson Nwokoro of Safari Junction Adesan. They also took possession of the owner of the day’s sales.

''Upon the distress call, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, quickly mobilized the division's patrol team and the so safe corpsmen to the scene where the two suspects were arrested.

On searching them, it was discovered that they came to rob the shop with toy guns that looked perfectly like original pistols.

On interrogation, the 19 years old Nweke Joshua, informed the police that it was Chioma Okafor who came up with the idea of carrying out the robbery operation in order for them to have some money.

He stated further that it was Chioma who bought the two toy guns and gave him one to use for the operation.'' the statement read in part

Oyeyemi added that the suspects went to the shop and pretended like customers, but they suddenly brought out guns and ordered the shop owner to hand over all money in his possession to them. He said luck ran out of them when police and so safe corps men arrived at the scene before they could escape.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.