Police foil robbery attempt in Lagos, arrests one
The Lagos State Police Command on November 15, foiled a robbery attempt at a shop in the Maya area at Ijebu-Ode road, Ikorodu and arrested one suspect.
Information gathered revealed that a gang of robbers had alleged stormed the area in a Mazda bus with registration number KRD 783 XW at about 2:40am and started breaking the shop.
Police operatives on pin-down duty near the scene alerted the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Shagamu road Police station, CSP Adekunle Omisakin who quickly mobilised to the scene with a team of anti crime policemen and engaged the robbers in a shootout.
Confirming the incident, Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti said the robbers fled the scene and while the police gave them a hot chase, they pushed out one of them who had sustained a gunshot wound
Oti said, “When the robbers could take no more of the fire exchange, they jumped into their car and drove off as quickly as they could. The police team chased them; along the way, the robbers pushed one of their colleagues with bullet injury whom they mistook for dead, out of a moving vehicle.
“The team recovered the man, revived him and he gave his name as Yusuf Nasiru, aged 34 years. He was searched and a knife and some charms were recovered from him.
“He was thereafter taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical care. Meanwhile the suspect, miffed by what his gang members did to him, is cooperating with the police by giving useful information.”
It was also learnt that the Command Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi has congratulated the DPO and his team for frustrating the plans of the robbers and for their timely response.
Edgal further assured Lagosians of peaceful ember months, adding that the crime preventing strategy of his administration is structured to ensure that the Command remains the end point, in other words, the last bus stop for unrepentant criminals.
