An ex-convict, Emmanuel Sunday has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for traffic robbery.
The image maker in charge of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement, signed by him and made available to the Nigerian Tribune on Wednesday.
The police spokesperson said “Officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested an ex-convict for traffic robbery around the Ketu area of Lagos State.
The suspect, Emmanuel Sunday aged 32, was apprehended around 8:00 p.m. when RRS officials working undercover spotted him while trying to dispossess a motorist of his mobile phone at Ojota Underbridge. ”
“Samuel disclosed that he was a few months ago arrested by Alapere Police Division for stealing, for which he was sentenced to a three-month jail term in Kirikiri Correctional Centre. ”
Hundeyin also added that “Sunday’s arrest came on the heels of strategic deployment of undercover policemen to comb areas with incidences of traffic robbery by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi has directed that the team leave no stone unturned in the arrest of the remaining traffic robbers in the area.
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32-year-old ex-convict arrested for robbery in Lagos
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