Robbers Snatch Car In Lagos, One Arrested In Ogun State

LUCKY LAWAL

Men of Ogun State Police Command on Sunday 9th June, 2019, arrested a 29 years old man, Philip Efosa, with a Toyota Corolla car with registration number GUS 15 RU, which was reportedly snatched at gun point in Lagos.

According to the report by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect who had been involved in series of car snatching and car theft was arrested following a message received from the Police Control Room that a Toyota Corolla car was snatched by two armed men in Eleko area of Lagos and that the robbers were headed towards Lagos-Ibadan expressway with the said car.

Having received the information, the DPO Ibafo Division, SP Abiodun Ayinde, quickly led his anti-robbery team to the road where they laid ambush for the hoodlums. About an hour later, the vehicle was sighted by the policemen while driving against traffic towards Ibadan Road but was blocked by the police team.

Sensing trouble, the two suspected robbers quickly jumped down from the vehicle and took to their heels but they were given a hot chase by the policemen. Eventually, one of them was apprehended while the other one escaped.

On interrogation, the arrested suspect confessed that he and his accomplice that escaped, had called the owner of the car who was using it for Uber services to take them somewhere on an agreed fee but snatched the car from him at gun point with the intention of taking it to Ibadan in order to sell it there.

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama, has directed that the suspect and the exhibit be transferred to Special Anti robbery Squad (SARS) for onward transfer to Lagos State Police Command where the crime was actually committed.

The CP therefore appealed to members of the public not to delay in reporting any crime in their area to the Police in order to quickly respond to such.