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The suspects, Abu Adamu and Muhammadu Aliyu, were arrested last Wednesday by policemen from the Ewekoro Divisional Headquarters.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
They were arrested for robbery and rape after a distress call was received by the police at the Ewekoro Divisional Headquarters around 1am.
According to Oyeyemi, the police were alerted that armed men suspected to be herdsmen had invaded a farm settlement at Afowowa Gbelu village in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state and were attacking a family living in the farm settlement.
“On the strength of the distress call, policemen from the Ewekoro Division swiftly moved to the scene, combed the entire area and succeeded in arresting two of the suspects, who were hiding in the nearby bush on sighting the policemen, while the third one escaped.
“The two arrested suspects were immediately identified by the victims.”
Oyeyemi said the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered a manhunt for the fleeing member of the gang.
He also directed the immediate transfer of the case to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation and prosecution
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