By Eberechi Obinagwam
Police in Lagos State Command has arrested a suspected armed robber with locally made pistol which he uses to rob people at Alaba Ojo Iba traffic.
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The suspect gave his name as Abdullahi Zakari ‘m’ aged 21.
In a press statement by the Lagos Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu stated that the suspect was arrested at about 0930hrs of 30th November, 2021 along NEPA Road, Alaba Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos by an anti-crime patrol team of the Ojo Police Division during a routine patrol of the area.
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Ajisebutu said they recovered two locally-made pistols and one live cartridge concealed in a bag.
The suspect, upon interrogation, confessed to be one of the men of the underworld that are responsible for the spate of robbery in traffic in Alaba, Ojo, Iba and similar places in the state in recent times.
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Following his arrest, the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu immediately directed that the suspect should be transferred to the Command’s Tactical Team for diligent investigation and prosecution.
In July this year, TheNiche had reported that the war against criminality in Lagos State went a notch higher as the State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, personally arrested a gang of suspected traffic robbers.
The suspects met their waterloo on Monday morning while attempting to unleash terror on a motorist around Ojota in-bound Alausa. Help however came for the motorist as the governor’s convoy approached the scene to rescue him from the three machete-wielding criminals who were at the time, trying to forcefully drag him out of his vehicle.
The security personnel attached to the Governor swooped on the suspects, retrieved the dangerous weapons from them and arrested the three of them.
“We are determined to stabilise the security situation in Lagos State, as our own contribution towards lasting national security. Let me also use this opportunity to sound a note of warning to all criminals who are operating in Lagos State or planning to operate here; all armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, bandits, and other criminals, we will leave no stone unturned in making this State inhospitable to you. We will find you, wherever you may be lurking and we will bring the full weight of the law on you,” Governor Sanwo-Olu declared.