NEWS: NIGERIA - Lagos RRS arrest two suspected traffic robbers

Operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at the weekend nabbed to alleged traffic robbers in the Ajah area of the state.

The suspects, Odunayo Mustapha, 22, and Adedayo Akinjola, 22, were said to be part of a gang which uses motorcycle to terrorise motorists along the Lekki -Ajah Expressway.
The Nation gathered that they were arrested after they had snatched a mobile phone from their victim and fled.

It was learnt that while they were fleeing on the motorcycle, RRS bikers on patrol pursued and caught them.

According to police sources, the suspects admitted to have carried out to previous operations.

Odunayo, identified as the gang leader, claimed that financial difficulties lured him into robbery. 

“We were three that left home in search of victims. On getting to Ajah opposite a shopping mall, where traffic is usually hectic, we sighted a woman in a car holding a phone.

“Then, I alighted from the motorcycle while my two other members stood by on the motorcycle. I forcefully collected the phone from her and mounted the motorcycle, then we zoomed off.

“While on the run, we sighted the RRS men chasing us with brand new power-bike, later, they outran us but one of us disembarked and escaped with the stolen phone before we were arrested,” he said.

Continuing, Odunayo who claimed he was a native of Ogun State, blamed his predicament to lack of formal education.

He claimed he came to Lagos some years ago to fend for himself and started working as a cart pusher, but the little proceed he realised from the job couldn’t sustain him.

“That is why I chose to be robbing innocent members of the public with Okada for easy maneuvering after operation”, Odunayo revealed.

“Our first operation was carried out by the three of us in Ajah. We collected one Techno phone from our victim. It was sold to one Mallam Hassan by Adedayo, and I was given N2,500.

“The second operation was not successful and the third one was this one that led to our arrest”, he revealed.

Adedayo, the second suspect said he was an apprentice at an Aluminium workshop before taking to traffic robbery.

According to him, the motorcycle they used belong to the third suspect who fled.
Narrating how the hoodlums were arrested, the police said their attention was draw by the victim’s scream.

“We were able to intercept the fleeing robbers when their victim, a young lady, screamed that her mobile phone had been snatched. “Immediately, we gave the fleeing suspects a chase which led to the arrest of two of them while the third suspect later identified as Lekan made away with the stolen phone”

Confirming the development, the state command’s spokesman, Joseph Offor, a DSP, said efforts are on to arrest the third suspect.

He warned criminals to either repent or relocate from Lagos, adding that the command will not tolerate any format of lawlessness in the state henceforth.

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