Two members of a syndicate that allegedly specialises in robbing Automated Teller Machine users have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.
The suspects, Ebenezer Olubukola, 30, and Olajide Oladejo, 29, reportedly specialised in robbing bank customers withdrawing money from ATM points in Ota and its environs.
The other member of the syndicate reportedly escaped arrest.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday.
Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested on Thursday while attempting to rob some people of the money they withdrew from an ATM point in Ota in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.
The PPRO stated, “Their mode of operation is to lurk around banks and observe those who will withdraw substantial amounts of money and trace such persons with their standby motorcycle to a convenient area and rob them.
“Luck, however, ran out on them when the Area Commander, Ota, ACP Monday Agbonika, who was on a routine patrol with the men of the Operation Puff Adder, sighted the three men on a Bajaj motorcycle around the First Bank area in Ota.’’
