Police arrest robbery suspect, recover gun in Lagos 

Robbery suspect

By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos –

 

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year old suspected armed robber at Kosofe area of the state and recovered his gun.

 

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in Ikeja on Tuesday that the suspect’s accomplices fled, however.

 

He said: “Patrol officers from Owode-Onirin Division noticed five young men surrounding a broken-down truck.

“As the officers stopped to ascertain what was going on, the young men fled.

“The suspect was apprehended and found with a locally-fabricated firearm,’’ Hundeyin stated.

He stated also that on-going investigation showed that it was a robbery in progress.

 

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