Two armed robbers on Wednesday lost their lives at the Agodi Government Secretariat, Ibadan, Oyo State capital when luck ran out on them and they fell off from the motorcycle they were escaping with.
The incident happened opposite the INEC Office about 6.15 p.m with a tyre burning on an object by the side of the road. Apparently, one man lay dead by the road layby while in the tyre that was burning on the road was a dead body.
Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Gbenga Dadeyi, a Superintendent of Police, disclosed in a statement that the incident was that of robbery/ fatal motor and motocycle accident that happened around 3.30 p.m.
According to Fadeyi, “one Adebayo Tobi (27 years) of Plot 4, Owode, Apata, Ibadan was robbed at Favours area of Awolowo, Bodija in Ibadan of his VIvo 400 Android phone and a bag containing some papers by two Okada robbers.
“Sequel to this, he immediately pursued them with his Toyota Corolla car with REG. NO (LAGOS) KRD 573 CH along Dandaru Road, opposite INEC Office where the hoodlums suddenly entered into a pothole, lost control of the bike and fell off.
“One of them died instantly, while the other sustained carrying degrees of injury. At the receipt of the information, the DPO Agodi moved swiftly to the scene, but before his arrival, the injured robber had been set ablaze by the angry mob numbering up to 200.
“Meanwhile, effort is still on to remove the corpses to the morgue. Investigation has commenced into the incident”, the Police spokesman said.
