Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), on Thursday arrested two notorious ‘one chance’ armed robbers around the Jubilee Bridge area Abule-Egba Lagos State.
As at the time of their arrest, the suspects were carrying a Point of Sale (POS) machine with which they force victims to transfer funds to an undisclosed account.
Also recovered from the suspects were phones, ATM cards belonging to some victims as well as wrist watches.
Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed the arrest of the suspects.
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Taofiq said they were arrested by LASTMA personnel alongside with their operational vehicle a painted ‘T4’ commercial bus (APP 406 YE) at the U-turn area of Abule-Egba.
He said immediately the suspects were arrested, one of them escaped with a P.O.S machine before the arrival of the policemen.
According to him, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects are notorious ‘one-chance’ armed robbers, said to be 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 pushed down from their vehicle after robbing 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 policemen from the ‘Ile-Epo’ Police Division for further investigation” he said.
The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bakare Oki Olalekan however appealed to members of the public, particularly commuters to be very vigilant and stop boarding commercial buses by road side popularity called ‘So-le’.
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