OGUN POLICE ARREST TWO SUSPECTS, RECOVER LOCALLY MADE PISTOL, CARTRIDGE AND MASK
Operatives of the Quick Response Squad (QRS), Ogun State Police Command, have arrested two suspects (a father and his teenage son) for unlawful possession of a firearm. The suspects, identified as Joseph Kehinde ‘M’, aged 38, and John Joseph ‘M’, aged 13, were apprehended along the Shagamu/Ogijo Road axis. On Sunday, 5th April 2026, at about 1100hrs, the operatives, while on stop-and-search duty at the Lafarge area along Shagamu/Ogijo Road, intercepted a tricycle conveying the younger suspect. A search conducted on him led to the recovery of one locally made pistol, one live cartridge, and a mask, the ownership of which he could not satisfactorily explain. The suspect, however, claimed that the firearm belonged to his father. Following this disclosure, operatives intensified efforts, leading to the arrest of the father, Joseph Kehinde ‘M’, aged 38. Both suspects, along with the recovered exhibits, have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for tho...
