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Cop nabbed for snatching and selling motorcycles

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Cop nabbed for snatching and selling motorcycles
Luck has ran out for a criminally minded police sergeant after he was nabbed alongside his accomplice by men of the Lagos State Police for allegedly snatching motorcycles and then selling them.
The suspects identified as Yusuf Bello (attached to the Itire Police Division), and his accomplice, Idowu Badmus were both arrested after Aramide, a victim, reported at the Igando Police Division that he was robbed of his motorcycle at Iyana School bus stop on the Lagos State University-Iyana Iba Road.
According to Aramide, Bello and Badmus accosted him on Sunday at 1pm and seized his motorcycle after manhandling and slapping him at the Iyana School bus stop along Iba road.
Aramide informed that Badmus who had a pair of handcuffs and also displayed a police ID card told him that himself and his accomplice were from the Iba Police Division and they were taking his motorbike there.
But according to Aramide, both Bello and Badmus did not drive the motorbike into the Iba Police Division but instead escaped with it prompting Aramide to report the case.
Reports say Bello and Badmus were caught days later with three stolen motorcycles recovered from them, while the buyer of the stolen motorcycles was also arrested.
Reports say Badmus was arrested by the police after returning from another operation with the help of residents around the area following a tip off.
 
An eyewitness and a landlord who also helped in the capture of Badmus but who pleaded anonymity said; “I was in front of my house around 4pm. I saw a man riding a motorcycle into our close being followed by another man on a motorcycle who was shouting, ‘help help, thief, thief.’ That got everyone’s attention.
“When we stopped both motorcycles, the man, who gave his name as Idowu (Badmus) showed us an ID card, saying he was a policeman from the Ikotun division. He said he seized the motorcycle from the man at Iyana Iba.
“So, I asked him how his jurisdiction got to Iyana Iba from Ikotun. We took all of them in a car to the Ikotun division. It was at Ikotun that he was discovered to be a fake policeman and the police arrested him and transferred him to Igando.
“When they interviewed him, he confessed to have snatched about three motorcycles and identified a police sergeant in Itire as his accomplice. That was how the sergeant was arrested on Monday. We heard that there are some fake policemen working with real policemen to perpetuate crimes on the LASU-Iyana Iba Road. The police should investigate them.” The eyewitness said.
DSP Damasus Ozoani, the Lagos State Deputy police Public Relations Officer who confirmed the arrest of the cop and his accomplice said; “The complaint was made against Badmus and three motorcycles were recovered from him.
“The suspect named a policeman as his accomplice. Investigation is ongoing.” He added.
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