Police Arrest Armed Robbers For Killing Night Guard
Police operatives attached to the Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Zone 2 Command, Lagos, have arrested 8(eight) suspected armed robbers at various locations within Lagos State for robbing innocent Nigerians of their earnings, killing a night guard at Amuwo Odofin and breaking warehouses at various locations in Lagos State.
According to a release by the command spokesperson, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, the officer in Charge of the unit, who got an intelligent report on the criminal activities of the suspected armed robbery syndicate, on 23/08/2016, while planning to embark on a robbery operation at Ikotun area, Lagos State, swung into action with his operatives, and arrested 4(four) members of the gang that specialized in armed robbery, truck hijacking, diversion of trucks and breaking of warehouses in Lagos and some parts of Ogun State.
During police interrogation and investigation, additional 4( four) members of the gang were arrested.
Two of the suspects are receivers of stolen goods.
The suspects, as released carried out a robbery operation at Ajao Estate, opposite Eliganza Plaza, Lagos on 28/05/2016 where a night guard on duty was killed and carted away Alumunium Sheets worth N22,000,000(twenty two million naira only).
The suspects include ANIETE AKONNAH ,m,;PROMISE FRIDAY ,m,; HAPPINESS PROMISE ,m,; OBI EBONG,m,; SILAS EFFIONG,m,; MONDAY UDOH,m,; IFEDINACHUKWU IWUOLA,m,(Receiver) and SUMAILA,m,(Receiver).
Items recovered from them include consumable goods such as Geisha,Tin Tomatoes,Maggi(seasoning) ,Motorcycles and their spear parts,sockets and chains etc.
According to the Zonal PPRO, the syndicate had caused untold hardship to many innocent Nigerians as one of the victims(name withheld) of a robbery operation carried out by the suspects On 5th August, 2016, lamented to the police operatives how her warehouse at Alakoso, Amuwo-Odofin Industrial Estate, Lagos, was burgled and goods worth N28,000,000(Twenty Eight million naira) were carted away.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command Lagos, AIG Abdulmajid Ali, has condemned the acts of this syndicate and directed that the suspects be thoroughly investigated and their weapons be recovered without delay. Meanwhile, the suspects will be charged to court today, Wednesday 7th September, 2016, as police investigation continues.
Kehinde Faleye