Two Held as Police Smash Robbery Gang in Lekki … Recover Loot

Segun Atanda/

Two suspected members of a robbery gang notorious for terrorising residents at Lekki area of Lagos have been nabbed by the police after they allegedly robbed two residents.

According to Lagos police spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, the suspects identified as Adebayo Ayomide and Isaac David were arrested by a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer at Maroko Police Station, CSP Isah Abdulmajid.

A statement issued by Elkana says, “The team had embarked on crime prevention patrol along Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge around 9 pm on Saturday, March 9, 2019. In the course of their duty, they came in contact with two young women, Gbemi and Hannah, who appeared to be in a panic.

“Upon questioning, they explained to the team that they had just been dispossessed of their phones by the suspects at gunpoint.

“They pointed at the direction through which the bandits escaped on a motorcycle and the police gave them a hot chase.

“The team tracked down the suspects and upon searching them, their operational single-barrelled gun, a cutlass and the phone were found on them. The items were recovered and the criminals taken into custody.
In their confessional statements, they owned up to belonging to a syndicate terrorising Lekki and its environs. 

“Commending the police team for a swift response to the crime and the eventual arrest of the perpetrators, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu mni, directed that the case be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the command for further investigation.

“The CP assured residents of the state of the command’s commitment to securing lives and property in every nook and cranny of the state.
He warned criminally-minded individuals to either change their ways or face the full weight of the law.”

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