How police arrested 10 robbery suspects in Lagos

Nemesis has caught up with 10 gangsters in Lagos State among whom are suspected killers of a 31-year- old mother of one, Mrs Kate Amoabi.

Mrs Amoabi, from Imo State, was reportedly shot dead inside her shop at No 27, Old Ota Road, Orile Agege, Lagos, after dispossessing her of her valuables by two young armed men who rode on a motorcycle.

Tribune Online reported the incident which happened around 11.30pm on Saturday, April 27, 2019, on its Monday, May 6 edition, as narrated to our correspondent by her husband, Mr Amodu Amoabi, who operates mini canteen nearby her wife’s shop.

However, the Lagos Police authority, while confirming the arrest of the 10 persons, all males, in connection with the crime and related others including the shooting of Kate 12-year-old younger sister, Onyiyechi Chukwuemeka, to our correspondent, noted that, the area where the crime was committed is truly notorious for criminal activities as residents had pointed out.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the arrest in a conversation named those in police net to include Tosia Madoje (22 years); Sadiq Ibrahim (21 years); Aliyu Awwal (18 years); Yunusa Mohammed (43 years) and Ibrahim Ismail (21 years).

He identified others as Peter Ozobere (32 years); Akinwunmi Rilwan (27 years); Idris Ibrahim (27 years); Ajibola Aranseola (23 years) and Ganiyu Adebayo.

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Explaining how the suspects walked into the police net, he said: “We have launched an aggressive patrol in the Orile Agege area and have created a pin-down patrol point as we identified the area as a flashpoint notorious for criminal activities.

“We were able to arrest seven initially and recovered three firearms, a woman’s handbag, cutlasses and knife from them while we arrested three more to make a total of 10 suspects so far arrested.

“They are responsible for robbery activities in that axis, including the case you are talking about.”

The police spokesman explained that the police were able to make a large catch because they deployed a Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives to support the patrol team earlier deployed in the flashpoint from the Elere Police Division under the jurisdiction where the crime was committed.

He said the suspects are helping the police in their investigations and that the command would do all humanly possible to get to the root of the matter and also flush criminal elements out of Lagos State.