Suspects |
Operatives of the Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIG) Zone II, Onikan, have arrested 10 suspected armed robbers who
terrorized about 15 Lagos and Ogun communities.
Their names includes: Lekan
Akinola, Mutiu Oyekan, Akeem Sanusi, Olahusi Rasaq, Kazeem Oladipupo, Waheed
Amusan and four others were arrested Tuesday after police tracked a mobile
phone they stole from one of their victims at Arigbajo in Ogun several months
ago.
It was gathered that the unnamed victim had reported the case at
the police and the Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS) was deployed to fish out
the hoodlums.
The Nation gathered that the
detectives with the corporation of police ICT experts arrested
Akinola, who then led the team to his other accomplices.
Contacted, the zonal spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, a Superintendent
of Police (SP) said the suspects have confessed to have robbed residents of
Ibafo, Ifo, Ewekoro, Mowe, Adigeb in Abeokuta, Iju Ota, Alakuko and Agege in Lagos.
Adejobi said some of their
robbery victims have been identified and their items recovered.
He said: “Items recovered from
them include refrigerators, laptops, plasma television sets, generators, wears,
electrical appliances and their operational vehicle, a Mazda Bus marked Lagos
BDG602XM.
“AIG Abdulmajid Ali has directed that the suspects be charged to
court without delay, and that fleeing members of the gang should be apprehended
immediately.”
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