THE Kogi State police command has recovered two corpses suspected to be remains of members of a robbery gang that bombed a police divisional headquarter and Unity Bank in Iyara, Ijumu Local Government Area of the state recently.

The police has also arrested a suspected member of the said gang through the help of the community.

The suspect, simply identified as an Ebira man, was arrested by some hunters, who saw him running bare footed trying to mount an abandoned motorcycle.

The corpses were reportedly found in a bush along a road leading to Ekiti State.

According to the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Monday, the suspect was making useful confessions which might lead to the arrest of other members of the gang.

He stated that “the armed robbers have now adopted new tactics. They no longer use guns alone, they also use locally made grenade to wreak havoc.

“Their aim of bombing the station was to destabilise my men and cart away arms, but they did not succeed in any of their missions, as my men attacked them.’’

At Unity Bank, the robbers were said to have brought down the entire building, but the police boss cofirmed that the robbers did not gain access to the bank’s vault.

“We had special forces meant to confront the bombers. We matched them gun with gun. With the help of tear gas, we were able to chase them into the bush. And we want to assure the general public that investigation is on to arrest the robbers,” he said.

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