A 28-year-old lady, Julius Wuraola was apprehended alongside her boyfriend and other suspects by the Osun State Police Command for conspiracy and armed robbery.
Paraded at the Police Headquarters in Osogbo on Monday, Wuraola denied that she didn’t know that her boyfriend (Temitope Oke), who was the leader of car snatching syndicate does, stating that he told her he was an engineer.
” I didn’t know he was a thief, we dated for five months and he told he was an engineer. The day we were apprehended he told me we were travelling, I didn’t know the cars were stolen”, she narrated.
Reacting to Wuraola, Oke said she knew his atrocities, stating that they were arrested after snatching four cars in Osun and were transporting them to Kogi State.
“All them, including Wura knew what we are doing. We we’re arrested while taking the cars to Kogi State.”
The Police Command also apprehended other suspected armed robbers and suspected members of EIye confraternity and the exhibits recovered were displayed such as cars, phones, cables and motorcycle.
Addressing the newsmen, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Hope Okafor stated that all criminals will be charged to court after the completion of the investigation.
Similarly, she commended the residents of Osun for always calling on the security agencies when there’s a threat to peace.
She also urged them to continue to do so while upholding the law and order in the State.
However, The Police Command also used the avenue to inform the public, whose properties were among the recovered exhibits to come to the Popice Headquarters with necessary documents to prove its ownership.
