By Dayo Johnson Akure
POLICE in Ondo state have arrested two armed robbery suspects who raided a filling station in Ondo town  in the state capital.
However, three other members of the gang escaped with a loot totalling N250, 000.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that the robbers invaded the filling station and following a tip off, a patrol team from Fagun Police station raced to the scene.

Consequently, two of the suspects, Ernest Otulor from Ebonyi State  and their alleged informant, Jeremiah Apkan who tricked the security man attached to the filling station by sending him on an errand were arrested.
Items recovered from them include  a Russian made single barrel cut to size gun and one cartridge with firearm.

Police Image Maker Wole Ogodo said that the arrest of Ernest led to the arrest of Jeremiah who serves as their informant.

Ogodo said that it was the informant that tricked and sent the  security man attached to the filling station on errand for the robbers to have a free day.

The state Police Spokesman added that a cartridge used for the  operation was equally found in his house when it was searched.
Ogodo pointed out that “three of the four man- gang escaped with the sum two hundred and fifty thousand naira and two GSM handset.
He vowed that detectives will smoke out the other three fleeing robbery suspects

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