The Ogun State police command on Monday claimed that its Igbeba Division, Ijebu-Ode, apprehended one Shedrack Olawale Olayemi, who had been on the police wanted list for armed robbery and alleged rape of some female students of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, in July.
In a statement provided to media on Monday, SP Omolola Odutola, the state police command’s spokesperson, revealed this.
According to Odutola, Olayemi was apprehended following the disclosure of an intelligence information that the 33-year-old purported armed robber, and rapist had been spotted in the Ijagun university area, where he has been attempting to hide his identity.
The statement said, “The divisional police officer of Igbeba Division has arrested a wanted notorious suspect for armed robbery.
“Following a tip-off, that one Olayemi Olawale Shedrack, aged 33 was sighted in Ijagun, trying to conceal himself among other citizens, but his identity was immediately confirmed by intelligence, and the police were contacted. In swift action, he was apprehended.
“Olayemi Olawale Shedrack has been on the police search for armed robbery and rape. He was fingered as the prime suspect for an alleged crime of armed robbery and rape in which he participated actively on the 21st of July, 2024, where he and his cohort broke into a female Royal Villa accommodation area in Tai University of Education Ijagun, where he robbed harmless female students of their luxury educational devices, including laptops, iPhones, sports wristwatches and cash, and further had unlawful carnal knowledge of the innocent female student and has since fled.”
The suspect had moved promptly to the Igbeba police station for questioning, and according to the police, a preliminary investigation has begun. He will shortly be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a discreet investigation and prosecution.
The host of the Ijagun community is being urged to provide reliable information to help the police locate other members of this criminal gang. Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police, CP Alamutu Abiodun Mustapha has ordered the arrest of Olayemi’s accomplices.
