Lagos Command nabs traffic robbers

Syndicated traffic robberies in Lagos metropolis would soon become history going by the sustained efforts of Rapid Response Squard, RSS,operatives who, on the instruction of the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, have renewed an unrelenting onslaught agisnt the criminials.

The latest of such efforts, according to the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana is the arrst of 24 years old Tunde Olaiya, and 26 years old Tokunbo  Omotola on Monday, July 6 along Oshodi – Oke.

The suspects had allegedly strangulated a motorist held in traffic light and stole his iphone X.

According to Nkana, “The duo while returning to Oshodi to hand over the phone to their buyer were intercepted by Rapid Response Squad (RRS) bikers, who suspected them to be traffic robbers.

On search, one pass-worded  iphone X was recovered from his pocket. While his colleague escaped from the scene, Olaiya couldn’t explain where he got the phone. This prompted the officers to transfer him to RRS Headquarters, where he confessed to have collected the phone from a motorist in traffic.

Other items recovered from the suspect include powdery substance used in traffic robbery to break glasses of vehicles.”

One of the suspects, Tokunbo Omotola, who is equally an ex – convict, who will be charged to Court soon, confessed in his statement to the police that apart from robbery at night, he pickpockets during the day adding that his robbery points were 7Up, Ojodu Berger; Kara Bridge, Oshodi, Mile 12 and Ojota Bridge.

The Police statement added that both suspects who confessed to have been in the business since 2017 disclosed that once the phones are collected, they remove the SIMs and sell them at N2000 each and sell the phones separately.