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In his unrelenting effort to ensure that armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and criminality finds no hiding place in Lagos, the State Police Command has arrested a suspected armed robber with locally made pistol.
In a press statement e-signed and released to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) by the Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu stated that, “The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery suspect, Abdullahi Zakari ‘m’ aged 21.”
According to Ajisebutu, “The suspect was arrested at about 0930hrs of 30th November, 2021 along NEPA Road, Alaba Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos by an anti-crime patrol team of the Ojo Police Division during a routine patrol of the area.”
“Items recovered from the suspect include two locally-made pistols and one live cartridge concealed in a bag.”
The suspect, upon interrogation, confessed to be one of the men of the underworld that are responsible for the spate of robbery in traffic in Alaba, Ojo, Iba and similar places in the state in recent times.
Following his arrest, the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu immediately directed that the suspect should be transferred to the Command’s Tactical Team for diligent investigation and prosecution.
SIGNED:
CSP ADEKUNLE AJISEBUTU (ANIPR),
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
LAGOS STATE.
