Crime

Police arrest 4 highway robbers off Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four member robbery syndicate while robbing victims at the Sagamu Interchange stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway.

The suspects were said to have attacked their victims last Sunday night in bids to dispossess them of the belongings but following a tip off to the Police, the Divisional Police Officer, Sagamu division, Mr Moses Aduroja, led a team of Anti–Robbery squad to the scene  and apprehended four of them.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the names of the suspects as Sulaiman Fatai (21), Ayobami Alao(21), Yusuf Sodiq (20) and Emmanuel Adeleke (18).

Abimbola added that cutlasses, iron rod, knife, and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.

According to him, the suspects claimed they usually come from Oshodi in Lagos to carry out robbery operation at Sagamu interchange.

Edward Samuel

Editor at Africa Update

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