Again, Lagos state police command arrests 8 suspected traffic robbers
The Lagos Police Command has again arrested eight suspected traffic robbers in Ketu Area of State, a feat said to be in pursuant of the command’s commitment to further reduce crime and criminality in the state.
Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer,Muyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement adding that the five of the suspects were arrested on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at about 10.30pm, by a team of Rapid Rescue Squad(RRS) operatives led by the Commander, Olayinka Egbeyemi around Motorways end of Ketu while the other three suspects were caught in the act by another patrol team around 6am on Friday, 12th February, 2021.
The police spokesman gave identities of the suspects as include: Olawuyi Olayinka, (27), Mayowa Adeleke(17), Fa’izu Ado(25), Segun Oluwatoyin,( 27), Haruna Shuaibu,(29), Amos Abayomi, (24), Monday Obayemi(25) and Okunlola Olawale,(21)
Penpushing further reports that, the statement said, one of the suspects, Amos Abayomi, who was arrested with a machete in between traffic in the morning of Friday, 12th February, 2021, in Ketu, Lagos, disclosed that he use to rob in traffic with a syndicate of other hoodlums especially in the morning and at night.
The suspect explained that there were instances where motor boys working in Ajelogo Park, Ketu would use their trucks to block the highway at dawn thereby creating artificial traffic so that they can feast on motorists and commuters held in traffic.
Penpushing reports that, Abayomi, who had dispossessed a young lady of her Tecno Spak 4 phone, shortly before he was arrested, noted that traffic robbery at dawn and night was all he does for a living.
The suspect also disclosed that he had handed over the phones he collected to one of his colleagues, Akube (now at large) before he was arrested, adding that Monday Obayemi, who was equally arrested with assorted hard drug, robs and sells hard drugs in traffic to the suspects and other criminals on a daily basis.
Penpushing reports that, Adejobi said items recovered from the suspects were weapons, assorted charms, mobile phones, wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine and other hard drugs.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for discreet Investigation and prosecution.
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