Security & Crime
Armed thieves take ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bags loaded with dollars from Abeokuta
The capital of Ogun State, Abeokuta, was the target of a four-person armed robbery group on Friday, which stole two Ghana-Must-Go bags that were allegedly stuffed with cash.
The suspects, who were carrying riffles, had masks over their faces during the roughly three-minute operation.
After ambushing their victim, a Northern trader driving a Toyota Venza with the license plate ABC 565 GN, the suspects allegedly fled the area with the money stashed in the “Ghana-Must-Go” bags.
According to eyewitness reports, there are robbery suspects. confronted the guy in front of the Fatgbems gas station in Oke-Sokori at about 3:45 p.m. They restrained him there and forcibly opened the car’s trunk.
According to a source who asked to be known only as Oyefemi, “They offloaded the two bags containing the foreign currency into their car and zoomed off with the victim’s car key.”
The victim had previously tried to deposit the money at a commercial bank, but he was turned away on the grounds that the bank had already closed for the day.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police spokesperson for Ogun State, confirmed the event to reporters and said that the police were already on the trail of the armed guys.
In order to guarantee that the suspects are located, Oyeyemi said that the command quickly dispatched signals throughout the state, promising that “we will get them.”