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The Osun command of the south-west security outfit, code-named Amotekun, says it has arrested five suspected armed robbers in Osogbo, the state capital.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Bashiru Adewinmbi, the state commander of Amotekun, said three suspects were also killed by members of the security outfit.

“We had achieved this feat in a joint operation with the Nigeria police and local hunters,” NAN quoted Adewinmbi as saying.

He said the corps at about 3 a.m. on Monday, foiled an armed robbery attack on Dangote Integrated Steel Rolling Mills in the Osogbo metropolis and arrested the suspects.

“The Amotekun anti-cultism squad received a distress call from the chief security officer (CSO) of the company at 3.00 am that a group of armed robbers had invaded the company,” he said.

“Our operatives quickly moved to the scene of the incident together with the police anti-cultism squad and arrested the culprits.

He added those arrested are Adepoju Abdullateef, 18, Rasheed Hammed, 20, Liadi Afeez, 20, Wasiu Sodiq, 21 and Rabiu Lekan, 29.

He noted that one single-barreled gun with four expended shells, knives, electric cable cutters and one itel phone were recovered from the suspects.

He said the bodies of three of the suspects had been deposited at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital in Osogbo.

“The five others arrested with gunshot injuries are presently receiving treatment at the hospital,” he said.

He said the arrested suspects will be transferred to the police for investigation and prosecution.