{"id":70765,"date":"2025-07-16T14:48:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70765"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:48:57","slug":"oyo-police-arrest-one-chance-robbery-suspects-in-ibadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/16\/oyo-police-arrest-one-chance-robbery-suspects-in-ibadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Oyo Police Arrest One-Chance Robbery Suspects in Ibadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of a one-chance robbery gang operating in Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests followed a tip-off and quick action by officers from the anti-crime unit.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were apprehended on Sunday, July 14, 2025, along the Dugbe-Eleyele axis while attempting to rob unsuspecting passengers using a commercial vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>According to police reports, the duo lured victims before dispossessing them of valuables mid-route, a method known locally as \u201cone-chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, confirmed the arrests at the state command headquarters in Eleyele.<\/p>\n<p>He said items including phones, ATM cards, and cash were recovered from the suspects, and that investigations are ongoing to arrest other fleeing gang members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese criminals have terrorised residents who rely on public transport,\u201d Hamzat said. \u201cWe remain committed to tracking and arresting all accomplices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses commended the police response, noting that the same vehicle had been linked to earlier robbery incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Victims have been invited to identify the suspects and reclaim stolen items.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests come amid rising complaints from commuters about renewed one-chance tactics, especially during early and late hours.<\/p>\n<p>The police urged residents to avoid unmarked vehicles and report suspicious activity via emergency hotlines.<\/p>\n<p>With the suspects in custody, the command reassured the public of its commitment to protecting lives and property across Oyo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat &nbsp; The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of a one-chance robbery gang operating in Ibadan. The arrests followed a tip-off and quick action by officers from the anti-crime unit. The suspects were apprehended on Sunday, July 14, 2025, along the Dugbe-Eleyele axis while attempting to rob unsuspecting passengers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70767,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70765\/revisions\/70767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}