THE Oyo State Police Command has recovered a vehicle snatched at gun point, less than 30 minutes after it was forcefully taken from the owner, one Mrs Aderinola Ologuntoye.
Speaking on the recovery at the police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, while handing the key of the car back to the owner, the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Leye Oyebade, said that the it was a pointer to the fact that his command would not give car snatchers any space for operation, adding that his men were on ground with their eyes opened to tackle the menace of the hoodlums.
Declaring total war against criminals, Oyebade said that all the entry and exit points to and from Oyo State had already been blocked by his men, to make it difficult for car snatchers within the state and those in transit to record successful operations.
Crime Reports learnt that the woman was in her Honda iTEC car and was driving home with her daughter in the car at Kukumada area of Ogungbade, in Egbeda Local Government Area of Ibadan when she was followed by two hoodlums riding on an okada.
Narrating her experience to Crime Reports, Mrs Ologuntoye said: “I didn’t know that some people were following me on a motorcycle. As I moved forward a little bit, the motorcycle levelled up with me. The pillion passenger disembarked, came to me and pointed a gun at me. He dragged me out of the car and demanded for the key of my car. I immediately concurred. I pleaded with him to allow me take my seven-year-old child out of the car.
“Fortunately, there was a police station nearby so sympathisers joined me and rushed to the police station to intimate those on duty of the robbery. The policemen went towards the direction the armed robber took in hot pursuit. When the armed robber saw that the police were after him, he dropped the gun he was holding, abandoned my car and fled.
“My car was recovered in less than 30 minutes after it was snatched. I was so impressed with the police because the usual thing believed about them was that they don’t respond to distress calls in time, but immediately I told them of the robbery incident, they came out of the station and pursued the armed robbers.”
Speaking on the recovery at the police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, while handing the key of the car back to the owner, the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Leye Oyebade, said that the it was a pointer to the fact that his command would not give car snatchers any space for operation, adding that his men were on ground with their eyes opened to tackle the menace of the hoodlums.
Declaring total war against criminals, Oyebade said that all the entry and exit points to and from Oyo State had already been blocked by his men, to make it difficult for car snatchers within the state and those in transit to record successful operations.
Crime Reports learnt that the woman was in her Honda iTEC car and was driving home with her daughter in the car at Kukumada area of Ogungbade, in Egbeda Local Government Area of Ibadan when she was followed by two hoodlums riding on an okada.
Narrating her experience to Crime Reports, Mrs Ologuntoye said: “I didn’t know that some people were following me on a motorcycle. As I moved forward a little bit, the motorcycle levelled up with me. The pillion passenger disembarked, came to me and pointed a gun at me. He dragged me out of the car and demanded for the key of my car. I immediately concurred. I pleaded with him to allow me take my seven-year-old child out of the car.
“Fortunately, there was a police station nearby so sympathisers joined me and rushed to the police station to intimate those on duty of the robbery. The policemen went towards the direction the armed robber took in hot pursuit. When the armed robber saw that the police were after him, he dropped the gun he was holding, abandoned my car and fled.
“My car was recovered in less than 30 minutes after it was snatched. I was so impressed with the police because the usual thing believed about them was that they don’t respond to distress calls in time, but immediately I told them of the robbery incident, they came out of the station and pursued the armed robbers.”
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