- Two Arrested as RRS Busts Ketu Traffic Robbery Gang
- RRS nabbed the gang around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday
- Two gang Members on the run
Operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have apprehended two suspected traffic robbers believed to have been terrorizing commuters around the Ketu and Mile 12 areas of Lagos.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the RRS disclosed the arrests in a statement posted on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday.
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The suspects, identified as Yemi Aparaojo (33), also known as Asa, and Samuel Adekunle (37), alias Omo-jo–Ibo, were nabbed around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday by RRS patrol officers.
According to police accounts, the duo, along with two accomplices who are still at large, allegedly assaulted and robbed a pedestrian of ₦25,000 last week after persistently demanding money. When the victim tried to offer assistance, they reportedly turned violent and forcefully took his cash.
Their luck ran out when the victim spotted Adekunle in the same area on Tuesday and quickly alerted RRS officers. The operatives moved swiftly, arresting the two suspects, while the others escaped through Ketu Market.
The statement said, “The operatives of Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of Lagos Police Command, on Tuesday morning arrested two notorious traffic robbers operating around Ketu and Mile 12, Kosofe.
“The suspects: Yemi Aparaojo, popularly known as Asa, a 33-year-old and Samuel Adekunle, a.k.a Omo-jo–Ibo, a 37-year-old, were arrested by the operatives around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
“The duo along with two others last week at about noon robbed a passerby of his N25,000 while the victim was trying to assist them with some money when the group pestered him. The gang thereafter assaulted the man.
“The victim on sighting the leader of the gang, Adekunle, on Tuesday alerted RRS operatives, who rounded up the suspects. Two members of the gang escaped through Ketu market.”
The RRS Commander, CSP Sola Jejeloye, said the arrests followed the directive of the state Commissioner of Police, CP Moshood Jimoh, to reinforce security along major traffic corridors prone to criminal activity.
The statement added, “The Commander, Rapid Response Squad, CSP Sola Jejeloye had in line with the directives of the Commissioner of Police, CP Moshood Jimoh reinforced Response riders at Ketu and Mile 12 to stem the tide of crime on the corridor.
“Jejeloye has directed that the suspects be charged to court immediately while the team intensifies efforts to arrest other members of the gang.”
