Yusuf
Bello, a police sergeant and his accomplice, Idowu Badmus, were arrested
in Lagos State for allegedly snatching motorcycles and selling them off to buys. It was learnt that Bello,
who is attached to the Itire Police Division, was arrested on Monday by
the Igando Police Division after a victim, identified only as Aramide,
reported that he was robbed of his motorcycle at Iyana School bus stop
on the Lagos State University-Iyana Iba Road.
Police had recovered three stolen motorcycles from the sergeant and his
accomplice, while the buyer and a motor mechanic had also been detained.
Aramide had reportedly identified his motorcycle among the three recovered by the police.
On Sunday
at about 1pm, the sergeant, who wore a black police T-shirt, and his
accomplice, Badmus, who was in mufti, had accosted Aramide, at the Iyana
School bus stop.
The suspects, who also came on a
motorcycle, were said to have slapped Aramide, and ordered him to come
down from the motorcycle. Badmus was said to have displayed a police ID card and a pair of handcuffs.
The two allegedly told Aramide that they
were from the Iba Police Division, adding that they were taking his
motorcycle into the police station. when
Aramide came down, one of the two suspects started the motorcycle and
rode off, while the other followed him on the motorcycle they brought.
The suspects were said to have escaped
with the motorcycles instead of riding it into the Iba Police Division,
where they claimed to have come from. Aramide was said to have reported the
matter at the Iba and Igando police divisions, after which he boarded a
motorcycle to trace the suspects.
Badmus
was, however, arrested on Sunday on Makinde Close, Ile Epo bus stop on
LASU-Iyana Iba Road, while allegedly returning from another operation.
Nigeria Police sergeant arrested for robbery in Lagos
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