A notorious ‘one-chance’ armed r%bbers were arrested after r%bbing a man in traffic in Abule-Egba, Lagos.
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today arrested three notorious ‘one chance’ armed r@bbers by Jubilee Bridge around Abule-Egba area of Lagos.
In a press statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that they were arrested by LASTMA personnel along side with their operational vehicle a painted ‘T4’ commercial bus (APP 406 YE) at the U-turn area of Abule-Egba.
Immediately they were arrested, one of them escaped with a P.O.S machine before the arrival of the Police men. Preliminary investigations revealed that they were notorious ‘one-chance’ armed r@bbers terrorising the entire Abule-Egba and its environs.
Investigation further revealed that they were being chased by members of the public after they noticed that a man was p¥shed down from their vehicle after r%bbing him of his valuables.They drove recklessly in order to evade arrest before they were eventually caught by LASTMA officials controlling and managing traffic around the Abule-Egba axis.
The two suspects were later handed over to the Police men from Ile-Epo’ Police Division for further investigation.
The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bakare Oki Olalekan however appealed to the public particularly commuters to be very vigilant and stop boarding commercial buses by the road side popularly called ‘So-le’
