Police Foil Robbery Operation During Lockdown

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

It appeared that hoodlums and armed bandits may have been emboldened by the stay at home and lockdown over Coronavirus following the arrest of armed robbers on Easter Sunday in Lagos State.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that Police operatives from FSARS foiled an armed robbery attempt with two suspects arrested and firearms recovered.

Also about 92 suspected cultists were arrested in different parts of the State and undergoing interrogation as the Police led by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, were making it difficult for criminal elements to operate in the State.

This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, who confirmed that the suspects were undergoing interrogation in Police custody.
He said that on 12th April, 2020, at about 0025hrs, acting on credible information, operatives from Ikorodu Police Station supported by FSARS operatives deployed by the Commissioner of Police arrested one Toheeb Sanusi ‘m’ 21, and Adewale Adeshina ‘m’ 24, around Benson area of Ikorodu. 

“One locally made revolver pistol and one cutlass were recovered from them. The suspects confessed that they were in the area to rob unsuspecting members of the public” he said.

 Elkana said investigation is ongoing and the suspects will soon be charged to Court. 

He said that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has given Commanders of Tactical Units in Lagos State a clear instruction do deal decisively with armed hoodlums daring the collective will of the Force to rob in any part of the State during the lockdown.