Fuel station manager, three others arrested for armed robbery in Lagos
The Lagos Declare Police Repeat has arrested four males, including a fuel put supervisor, over alleged involvement in a gang accountable for a string of armed robberies within the enlighten.
The suspects, identified as Edifying Saint Neokoro (44), Batomie Samson (Forty eight), Abubakar Ali (47), and Bitrus Ibrahim (42), were apprehended by operatives of the Tactical Squad Hawk within the Ejigbo plan following a tip-off and a discreet investigation.
Basically based on reviews, the supervisor of a filling put used to be amongst these arrested, whereas the put proprietor used to be reportedly blind to the alleged criminal activities. The provision acknowledged the suspects had confessed to being piece of a robbery gang.
Confirming the arrests, the Lagos Declare Police Public Household Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, acknowledged the arrests were linked to an ongoing crackdown on a gang that specialises in hijacking vans conveying fuel and goods.
Hundeyin explained, “The operation used to be implemented by the Tactical Squad Hawk of the yell. Four suspects were arrested including a fuel put supervisor. The proprietor of the fuel put denied details of their activities. NUPENG furthermore played a a must-beget position in apprehending the supervisor.”
He added that the arrests adopted an earlier operation in which seven suspects were detained and a hijacked fuel tanker used to be recovered.
The sooner incident came about on June 28, when a fuel tanker loaded with Top fee Motor Spirit used to be hijacked and later learned empty at Orile. Police investigations ended in the arrest of seven folks at a filling put in Ejigbo where the stolen fuel used to be reportedly being offloaded.
The suspects if that's the case were identified as Izuchukwu Nwanoruo, Kayode Falodun, Ojo Ayodele, Ayomide Thompson, Ahmed Saliu, Igbalaye Kareem, and Babatunde Ahmed. The recovered tanker has been marked as evidence.
Hundeyin acknowledged that the suspects are helping with ongoing investigations and can be charged to court docket upon conclusion.
The Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, commended the operatives enthusiastic and advised residents to proceed providing credible details to toughen the police’s efforts in safeguarding lives and property throughout the enlighten.
