The Ogun State command of Nigeria Police on Wednesday paraded Eight-member gang suspected deadly trans-border robbery syndicate, operating between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin.
The suspects include two Beninoise, Dele Obey and Bayo Quaheed, two siblings, Tobi Adeosun and Yetunde Adeosun and four others, Olalekan Olawale, Danladi Isah, Oluwatosin Abayomi and Abel Womiloju.
They were paraded by the state Police Commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu, at the state Police command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital.
Iliyasu who described the gang as "dreaded and deadly" alleged that they were responsible for armed robbery and kidnapping in many states in Nigeria.
He added that the gang began their operations with snatching of motorcycle before they "graduated" into robbery and dispossession of cars.
According to him, Olawale who is the first suspect was arrested for motorcycle snatching and upon interrogation, he confessed to have stolen the bike and sold it to someone at Ilara in Imeko Afon Local Government Area of the state.
The Commissioner said Olawale further confessed to be homosexual and that "he used to sleep with two Yahoo boys for N50, 000 per night."
Iliyasu said the suspect pulled some stunt when he started vomiting blood, when he was pressurised to disclose other members of his gang, after which he was treated at the hospital and released "on compassionate ground."
He added that Olawale who was freed, was later re-arrested with other suspects in an alleged kidnapping and robbery case.
Iliyasu said the suspects upon arrests confessed to have "committed series of robbery operations, one of which was the dispossession of a serving police officer of his Toyota Corolla car at gun point."
Two members of the gang were said to have completed jail term last March for robbery crime committed in 2013.
The Commissioner explained that further interrogation revealed that all the cars the suspects allegedly snatched in Nigeria were sold to one Papa in the Republic of Benin.
He listed items recovered from the suspects, as 11 exotic cars, two AK47 riffles with 50 rounds of ammunition, four locally made pistols with 21 live cartridges and one pump action gun with 12 live cartridges.
He said "The success of this operation is as a result of our determination and resilience in making Ogun State a crime free state, in continuation of the Inspector General of Police's operation criminal and arms and ammunition mop up
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