The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 88
suspects for various acts of criminality, including seven dismissed soldiers,
who allegedly raided and robbed in military uniforms.
According to the police command, a breakdown of the
figure signified that 40 were armed robbery suspects, 29 were cultists and 19
were murder suspects, just as 19 firearms and 51 rounds of live ammunition were
recovered while 31 armed robbery attempts were foiled.
The state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu,
who paraded the suspects at the Police Officers Mess in Ikeja on Monday, said the
soldiers were arrested after the command received distress calls from residents
of Ijegun and environs about their illegal activities.
The dismissed soldiers were identified as Ndidi
Oluchukwu, 30; Owolabi Adeyemo, 42; David Olufemi, 47; Samuel Iseyin Israel,
41; Emeka Ibeh, 29; Samuel Anochime, 36, and Ebedo Stephen, 27.
According to him, “One of such incidents happened
on February 18at about 4.35p.m. where a commuter, who was traveling to Ibadan
from Ijegun, was accosted by the said armed robbers who dispossessed him of his
black Lexus car RX330 at gunpoint.
“It was on the strength of those complaints that we
tasked our Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives to identify the gang
and apprehend them.
Members of the robbery gang were arrested at
Ijegun, Baruwa Estate, Ipaja, Iyana-Ipaja, Isashi and Ikotun areas of Lagos
State.
“Investigation revealed that the suspects are
dismissed soldiers, and items-12 pairs of military camouflage uniforms, two
cutlasses, ATM cards, military ID cards, jackknives, a female pant, and locally-made
ring-were recovered from them.
“The suspects confessed to be responsible for
series of robberies within Ijegun and its environs; and the suspects will be
charged to court.”
In another development, the CP said the command
arrested 18 notorious traffic robbery suspects, who specialised in snatching
phones, money and other valuables from unsuspecting members of the public,
mostly in traffic gridlocks.
The suspects, who operated mostly on motorcycles, were
arrested, and one locally-made pistol, one tricycle, five Bajaj motorcycles,
two cutlasses and two phones were recovered from them.
They also confessed to being members of Eiye Confraternity
responsible for series of robberies at traffic points, bus stops around
Yabatech area in Yaba, Ejigbo, Igando-Ikotun, Ipaja and Isolo areas of the
state.
Similarly, the Ifako Police Division in the state also
arrested 14 notorious armed robbery suspects and recovered two locally-made
double barrel guns with six live cartridges, two pump action guns, two double
barrel guns, and three single barrel guns with 14 cartridges.
The suspects also confessed to being members of Eiye Confraternity
terrorising Bariga and Oworonshoki area of the state.
Also, the state police command arrested one Toby
Akinbayo (aka Scorpion), one of the ring leaders of Awawa cult group, and his
two gang members, Balogun Jide and Dolapo One.
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