RRS Nabs Dismissed Air Force Officer For Robbery

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a dismissed a Private Air Force personnel and leader of one chance robbery gang using Sienna car to operate in various parts of the Lagos metropolis.

The 50-year-old Suspect, Matthew Tokeme, was arrested with his Sienna car, carrying the number plate APP 488 FH.

The victim revealed that the gang dropped her in Billings Way, Ikeja at dawn after dispossessing her of an HP laptop, hard drive and money.

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According to Tokeme, “my friend, who is based in Germany, bought the car for me to be using for commercial purposes. He bought the car for me because he realised that my business was not going on well. But I started using the car for ‘one chance’ and was operating between Abule-Egba and Ijaiye from 5:00 a.m to 6:00 a.m.”

Tokeme with his four other gang members (Papa, Brown, Oyeewo and Segun), investigations revealed, operated in Ojodu to CMS route, Abule to CMS, Iyana – Ipaja to Ikeja routes between 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m targeting mostly women as passengers.

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