The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos
State, has arrested a six-man robbery gang which allegedly attacked
residents of about 15 communities in Lagos and Ogun states.
the
suspects were apprehended by the Zonal Intervention Squad on Sunday,
after one of them was trailed through a stolen phone.
The suspected members of the gang are
identified as Lekan Akinola, Mutiu Oyekan, Akeem Sanusi, Rasaq Olahunsi,
Kazeem Oladipupo and Waheed Amusan.
It was learnt that the suspects had
robbed in the Abata, Ifo, Arigbajo, Ewekoro, Mowe, Adigbe, and Ota areas
of Ogun State, and also in the Iju, Alakuko, and Agege areas of Lagos
State.
A police source said the stolen phone was tracked to Akinola, who alongside other gang
members, had allegedly gone to rob in Arigbajo community.
He said, “The police got a tip-off that
the robbers had been terrorising residents of more than 15 communities
in the two states. It was in the Arigbajo area of Ogun State that they
robbed a resident and collected his mobile phone. Luckily for the
police, one of the suspects, Akinola, began to use the stolen phone. It
was the phone that gave him away as the police tracked it and arrested
him.
“The victim had reported the robbery to
the police, and investigation had begun. We placed the suspects under
surveillance, and they were eventually arrested on Sunday. Through
Akinola, we were able to trail the other suspects and arrest them.”
items recovered from the suspects were refrigerators, laptops, Plasma TV sets, generators and electrical appliances.
The gang’s operational vehicle, a Mazda bus with number plate, BDG 602 XM, was also recovered by the police.
The zonal police spokesperson, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest.
He said, “The police worked with the
Information and Communications Technology experts to arrest Akinola and
others. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 command,
Abdulmajid Ali, has directed that the suspects be charged to court
without delay.”
Stolen phone exposes six-man gang
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