POLICE ARRESTS TWO SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS IN IKORODU
The Lagos State Police command has arrested two suspected armed robbers in Ikorodu.
The suspects, identified as Abdulfatai Abiola, 21, and Quadri Adeniyi, 19, were arrested around 1am on June 22 at Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
Security operatives in the area had received a distress call that some robbers had stormed the community and were unleashing mayhem on the residents. Police personnel were deployed to the scene and two of the suspects were arrested while others escaped.
Items recovered from them include a cutlass, 43 inches plasma TV, One Itel Phone, One Hauwei Phone and assorted charms.
Similarly, the command, on June 23, arrested two suspected armed robbers at Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos State.
The suspects are identified as Usman Musa, 22, and Lasibi Jubril, 21.
They were arrested at Iyana Iba Area of Lagos State while robbing a certain Alli Ibrahim of Ara Junction, Egbeda, Lagos.
Items recovered from the robbers include one Vivo Phone, One Infinix Hot 9 Phone and one Bluetooth.
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Recall that the Lagos State Police command under the leadership of CP Hakeem Odumosu warned at the beginning of the year that it was not going to tolerate any form of criminality in the State.
This has prompted the police boss to inject new policies and ideas that would improve the overall security architecture of the State.
An ICT/Tracking Unit at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba-Lagos, was recently established to adopt scientific and forensic measures of unravelling crimes and criminality in Lagos State. The unit, named D23, headed by SP Kasumu Rilwan, a computer scientist, has been instrumental to the landmark achievements and many feats recorded by the command under the watch of CP Hakeem Odumosu.
This was important in the latest arrest a certain Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of Mr Michael Usifo Ataga, on 23rd, June, 2021.
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