About 24 hours after the Ogun State Government took
delivery of two more Armoured Personnel Carriers, armed robbers on Thursday
night snatched one of the official cars of the Speaker of the State House of
Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi, in Abeokuta, the state capital.
The seven-man gang, who had laid in
ambush along the popular Abiola Way, snatched the Toyota Avensis car with
number plate Ogun AYE 86 AA at gunpoint from Adekunbi, who was said to be in
company with one of his security aides.
The Speaker, sources said, was
driving the car while his security aide sat beside him when the robbers
attacked them around 7 pm.
SATURDAY PUNCH learnt the robbers eventually released the Speaker and his
aide at Kobape, along the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway, a distance of about
20 minutes’ drive from Abeokuta.
Our correspondent learnt that the
incident had been reported to the police, who are making efforts to recover the
stolen vehicle.
However, the Special Assistant
(Media) to the Speaker, Waheed Akinola, denied knowledge of the incident,
saying “I don’t think that can happen.”
Similarly,
the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, said the command
was not aware of the robbery