MIRIAM NNOLI 
Ogun State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of Shedrack Olawale Olayemi, who had been on the police wanted list for armed robbery and alleged rape of some female students of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, in July.
The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Monday.
According to Odutola the suspect was arrested after an intelligence report revealed the alleged armed robber and rapist was sighted at the university area, Ijagun.
The statement said, “The divisional police officer of Igbeba Division has arrested a wanted notorious suspect for armed robbery.
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“Following a tip-off, that one Olayemi Olawale Shedrack, aged 33 was sighted in Ijagun, trying to conceal himself among other citizens, but his identity was immediately confirmed by intelligence, and the police were contacted. In swift action, he was apprehended.
“Olayemi Olawale Shedrack has been on the police search for armed robbery and rape.
According to the report, ‘he was fingered as the prime suspect for an alleged crime of armed robbery and rape in which he participated actively on the 21st of July, 2024, where he and his cohort broke into a female Royal Villa accommodation area in Tai University of Education Ijagun,
“Robbing harmless female students of their luxury educational devices, Including laptops, iPhones, sports wristwatches and cash, and further had unlawful carnal knowledge of the innocent female student and has since fled.”
