Police in Ogun detain two relatives for robbery and murder.

Two cousins, Damilola Famoriyo, 34, and Akinbayo Abiodun, 31, were detained by Ogun State Police Command officers for robbery and murder.

Amos Chuckwuka, a biker, was killed in eight actions by the accused before they were captured.

According to reports, the thieves took his tricycle before leaving his corpse near the Agoro riverbed in Ijebu-Ode.

This was revealed in a statement on Saturday by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s police public relations officer.

According to Oyeyemi, the suspects were detained on December 13, 2022, as a result of intelligence that police officers assigned to the Obalende divisional headquarters in Ijebu-Ode had received.

According to the PPRO, a trike rider’s body was later discovered and identified as such.

He said, “upon the information, the DPO Obalende division, SP Murphy Salami, led his detectives to the scene, where it was discovered that the deceased was macheted to death after which his tricycle was taken away.

“The DPO, there and then detailed his crack team to embark on technical and Forensic Investigation of the incident in order to unravel those behind the devilish act.

“Their efforts yielded positive results on February 9, 2023, when one of the suspects, Damilola Famoriyo, who resides at a new site, Awosan Fakale Ikorodu, Lagos was arrested with the deceased’s phone.

“His arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice, who is also his cousin, Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun of Road 1, Block A, Maya Ikorodu Lagos State.

“On interrogation, the two suspects confessed to the commission of the crime.

“In their statements, they confessed to being a two-man syndicate who specialized in snatching motorcycles and tricycles.

 “They confessed further that they always carry out their robbery operation in Ijebu-Ode and its environs.

“According to them, on December 13, 2022, they lured the victim Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka to carry their farm products from the Agoro area to the town, and they agreed on a price.

“But on getting to Agoro/Ikangba road, they stopped him and snatched the tricycle from him.

 “It was when the deceased tried to struggle with them that they macheted him to death and dragged his corpse to the riverbank where they dumped him.

“They informed the police further that they have snatched up to eight tricycles in the Ijebu-Ode area, and that their standby buyers are residing at Ikorodu in Lagos State.”

The victim’s two phones and the cutlass the suspects allegedly used to kill the victim have been found, according to the police.

However, according to the PPRO, Frank Mba, Commissioner of Police, has ordered that the suspects be sent to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a covert investigation.