The police in Ogun State have arrested the Unit Commandant of a Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Owonikoko John, over his involvement in the supply of arms and robbery.
According to the police Force, John was the mastermind of several nefarious crimes at Obalende and other areas of Lagos
He was arrested during an operation led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Omosanyi Adeniyi along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode-Benin highway.
Upon his arrest, he was found in possession of a gun he also fingered an Inspector of Police, identified as Ola, as the supplier of the firearm in his possession.
Ola, who also happened to be a spy police, said he sold the gun to John because he was presented to him as a Vigilante official but never knew he is an armed robber
“I was invited by the Police on a Wednesday when I was preparing to travel to Ibadan with my boss. I was informed that some people were in my house to take my wife to the police station.
“Upon getting to our Divisional Police Station, the Divisional Police Officer asked if I was the Inspector who sold a gun to an armed robber; I replied that I didn’t sell a gun to an armed robber.
“I explained that officials of the VGN bought a gun from me, but they were referred to me by one Omooba, a well-known person in my area,” he added.
