Posted on: 04:09 Sun, 01 Nov 2015



The Lagos state police Rapid
Response Squad have arrested five
in-traffic robbers who specialized in
snatching handsets and bags from
unsuspecting members of public in
traffic.

The suspects identified as Ajala
Lateef 16, Salami Sodiq, 15, Raji
Kazeem, 19, Bashiru Adeyemi, 19,
and Ikechukwu Ukueje, 15, were
arrested on Wednesday October 28th
after they had successfully robbed
their victim of her belongings.

Confirming the arrest, the
commander of the RRS, Assistant
Commissioner of Police , ACP
Olatunji Disu, said that the
policemen arrested the suspects
during a special raid
“The Police would not leave any
stone unturned in fighting crime in
the state. We will continue to work
round the clock to make Lagos a
haven for those with legitimate
businesses.

The commander said that the police
has been charged by the Governor,
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and
Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai
Owoseni, to rid the state of all
forms of crime”.

He implored Lagosians to assist the
police by supplying information that
would help theme to curb crime and
track down criminals. One of the
suspects who confessed to the
crime, Ajala Lateef, a secondary
school dropout from Isale-Eko, said
their ring leader, Taiye, still at
large, pretended as a passenger and
snatched Mrs. Okechukwu’s bag
and mobile phone while she was
boarding a bus.

“I know Taiye very well, he sleeps in
Oko-Mola at Oshodi Under Bridge. I
have seen him in different occasions
dispossessing passers-by in Oshodi
of their bags, phones and other
belongings. Most times, we
pretended as passengers to rob
people,” he said

During the raid operation of black
spots, no fewer than 37 social
miscreants were amongst the
suspects arrested