Two armed robbery suspects nabbed by police in Lagos

Members of an armed robbery gang said to be terrorising residents of the Lekki area of Lagos State, have been apprehended by a team of police detectives.

The team, which was led by the Divisional Police Officer, Maroko Police Station, CSP Isah Abdulmajid, was said to have embarked on a crime prevention patrol along Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge around 9pm on Saturday when they apprehended two suspected members of an armed robbery gang.

The incident occurred after the team came in contact with two young women, Gbemi and Hannah, who were disturbed as they alleged that they had just been robbed by the suspects.

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In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer for Lagos State, Bala Elkana, said:

“The team tracked down the suspects and upon searching them, their operational single-barrelled gun, a cutlass and the phones 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.”

According to him, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Zubairu Mu’azu, commended the team for the swift response to the crime and the eventual arrest of the perpetrators while the case was transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the command for further investigation.

Elkana added that the CP assured residents of the state of the command’s obligation to securing lives and property in every part of Lagos.

By Todimu Ogunade…

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