The Lagos State Police Command said it arrested nine suspected traffic robbers on New Year’s eve.
A statement issued on Friday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said operatives of the Ketu division apprehended the suspects at about 8pm along Y-junction, by Old Tollgate, Ketu.
Eko Hot Blog gathers that the suspects are OLUSEYI AFOLABI ‘M’ 19YRS, ADEYEMO AYOMIDE ‘M’ 18YRS, FRANCIS LATIFA 19YRS, RILWAN RAJI 23YRS, AYOMIDE OYEDIRAN 20YRS, RASHEED IBRAHIM 22YRS, HAMZAT ABDULLAHI 19YRS, MUSA GBADAMOSI 20YRS AND SEUN LASISI 32YRS.
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“The suspects had attacked on Adejare Adetayo and his wife while in traffic at the area when police detectives on undercover operation along the area went after the hoodlums and arrested nine (9) with their operational weapons,” the statement said.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, commended the operatives for a successful operation and reassured Lagosians of adequate security and public safety within the length and breadth of the state.
He however directed that the suspects be transferred to State CID, Panti, Yaba, for proper investigation.
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