A 29 years old lady, Chioma Okafor, and a 19-year-old boy, Nweke Joshua have been arrested by the police in Ogun state for armed robbery.
According to the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the two were arrested last Friday carrying out a robbery operation on a food stuff shop at Safari junction, Adesan, Mowe Area of the state.
On searching them, it was discovered that they came to rob the shop with toy guns which looked perfectly like original pistols.
On interrogation, the 19-year-old Nweke Joshua, informed the police that it was Chioma Okafor who came with the idea of carrying out the robbery operation in order for them to have some money.
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He stated further that it was Chioma who bought the two toy guns and gave him one to use for the operation.
They went to the shop and pretended like customers, but they suddenly brought out guns and ordered the shop owner to hand over all money in his possession to them.
Luck ran out of them when police and So Safe Corps men arrived at the scene before they could escape.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.