The Lagos State Police Command stated it has arrested three armed theft suspects for allegedly robbing a lady of N3.2 million and a automobile.
The spokesperson of the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the Information Company of Nigeria on Thursday.
He stated the Speedy Response Squad tracked down and arrested the suspects.
He stated the gang chief, Sheriff Owolabi, was on the police wished record when his gang robbed and murdered a Temitope on August 19 in Ojodu Berger, Lagos.
“His confession to the crime led the police to arrest one other gang member, Ibrahim Gambo, in Ibafo space of Ogun.
“It was revealed that the suspects took the robbed automobile to Ibadan and handed it over to a suspected consignee who was from Cotonou, Benin Republic.
“The suspect had confessed to a sequence of automobile thefts in Lagos. He additionally confessed that the automobiles had been bought to the identical purchaser named Alhaji from Cotonou,” he stated.
He added that one Sheriff Olakunle was additionally arrested in Mushin for serving to the suspects promote the stolen telephones within the space.
He stated the suspects additionally led police to the cashier, who helped the robbers gather the cash transferred from the sufferer's account.
Hundeyin stated Owolabi and his gang surrounded their sufferer at round 10pm on November 14 when she was about to depart her workplace in Oregun, Ikeja.
State PPRO stated the suspects dragged the girl into her Toyota automobile together with Reg. No. BWR 49 DE and drove away.
Hundeyin stated the suspects allegedly compelled the girl to switch about N3.2 million from her account to a different account belonging to the suspects, who additionally robbed her of her telephones.
He stated after gathering her cash and different belongings, the suspects drove her to Kara Bridge, alongside Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, and pushed her out of the automobile.
Hundeyin stated an investigation is underway to arrest the suspected recipient of the stolen gadgets.
PUNCH On-line experiences that operatives of the Lagos State Command have arrested 4 individuals for allegedly robbing street customers in site visitors alongside the Ojota space of the state, as revealed in a press release by Hundeyin on Tuesday.
Hundeyin said that the suspects had been arrested following a tip-off from one of many victims who alerted males of the Speedy Response Squad, who instantly swung into motion, tracked the suspects and arrested three on Sunday, whereas the fourth suspect was arrested on Monday.
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