Abdullahi Zakari, a 21-year-old suspected armed robber, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, with two locally-made pistols and a live cartridge hidden in a bag recovered from him.
Information gathered revealed that the suspect was arrested at about 9:30am on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, along NEPA Road, Alaba Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos, by the anti-crime patrol team of the Ojo Police Division during a routine patrol of the area.
Disclosing this on Wednesday, December 8, the police spokesman in the command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu said that when interrogated, Zakari confessed to being a member of a gang responsible for the spate of robbery in traffic at Alaba, Ojo, Iba, and similar places in the state in recent times.
Ajisebutu stated: “Following his arrest, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, immediately directed that the suspect be transferred to the Command’s Tactical Team for diligent investigation and prosecution.”
