The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber and suspected rapist, identified as Shedrack Olawale Olayemi, News About Nigeria reports.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
He noted that Olayemi has been on the command’s wanted list for armed robbery and alleged rape of some female students of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, since July.
Odutola stated that the arrest was made by its Igbeba Division, Ijebu-Ode, adding that he was picked up after an intelligence report revealed that the 33-year-old alleged armed robber and rapist was sighted at the university area, Ijagun, where he has been trying to conceal his identity.
He revealed that a preliminary investigation had commenced, and the suspect had been immediately taken to the Igbeba police station for interrogation.
According to him, the suspect will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and prosecution.
The statement reads, “The divisional police officer of Igbeba Division has arrested a wanted notorious suspect for armed robbery.
“Following a tip-off, that one Olayemi Olawale Shedrack, aged 33 was sighted in Ijagun, trying to conceal himself among other citizens, but his identity was immediately confirmed by intelligence, and the police were contacted. In swift action, he was apprehended.
“Olayemi Olawale Shedrack has been on the police search for armed robbery and rape. He was fingered as the prime suspect for an alleged crime of armed robbery and rape in which he participated actively on the 21st of July, 2024, where he and his cohort broke into a female Royal Villa accommodation area in Tai University of Education Ijagun, where he robbed harmless female students of their luxury educational devices, including laptops, iPhones, sports wristwatches and cash, and further had unlawful carnal knowledge of the innocent female student and has since fled.”
