The Police operatives attached to Itire Division of the Command on 22nd April, 2021, at about 9.40pm, arrested one Samuel Ayooluwa, a 24 years old.
According to the police
public relations officer,
Muyiwa Adejobi, he said, police operatives on their
routine patrol around the area had responded to a distress call from one of the
shop owners at No 54, Olatilewa Street by Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos State.
At the
above address, it was said
that three armed men on motorcycle attacked the customers in the shop and
dispossessed them of their belongings. The police, who raced to the scene, gave
the suspected armed men a hot chase and eventually arrested one of them,
Samuel, while the other two escaped.
Items recovered from him include two locally-made pistol three live cartridges, three expended cartridges and two mobile phones.
In another development, the police operatives attached
to Orile Division of the command on 23rd April, 2021, at 9am, accosted and
arrested one Udu Augustine, aged
39 years of No 15, Ishola Street, Magogo, Yaba-Lagos,
at Orile Bus Stop.
The police operatives stopped his motorcycle at Orile Bus Stop, Lagos and the suspect introduced himself as a police officer to them. The operatives suspected him and put some questions to him but could not provide any satisfactory answers. Hence, he was arrested in a possession of a police warrant card.
After the arrest, he was taken to his house, at the
above address, where one police camouflage T-shirt, one face cap and some
police accoutrements were recovered from him.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem
Odumosu, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Command's Special
Squad for thorough investigation and possible apprehension of the fleeing
suspects.
The police boss however directed all the Divisional Police Officers across the state to be on the lookout for and arrest impersonators who are on the prowl and their activities dent the image of the Nigeria Police Force.
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