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Robbery Suspect Misses Way After Operation In Lagos, Gets Arrested (PICTURED)

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A suspect armed robber, Saliu John, who allegedly dispossessed some market women of about N28, 000 on the Old Apapa Road, Oyingbo, Lagos State was arrested after he missed his way after an operation.

Punch reports that John, who was said to have come to the area with two others, was nabbed around 9pm on Monday, December 21, 2015 by members of a vigilance group.

Robbery suspect Saliu John, arrested on the Old Apapa Road, Oyingbo, Lagos State after he missed his way after an operation | Punch
Robbery suspect Saliu John, arrested on the Old Apapa Road, Oyingbo, Lagos State after he missed his way after an operation | Punch

It was learnt that John and other accomplices had suddenly become separated, forcing the suspect to hide behind a tanker parked on the road. It was learnt that some local security men later sighted him there.

When he was questioned by the security men, the suspect claimed he had come to do business in the area from Ijora, but missed his way.

The vigilance group searched him only to discover different purses containing money, which made them to suspect that he could have attacked some market women.

A member of the vigilance service executive, identified only as Musibau, disclosed that John and his cohorts usually came from the Ijora area to rob on Jones, Atitebi and neighbouring streets on the Old Apapa Road.

He said, “It was at about 8.30pm on Monday. The robber was hiding behind a tanker parked by the roadside. It was a security man at a hotel nearby who noticed the stranded robber and alerted the vigilance group.

“When we searched him, we found purses containing sums of N1,500, N3,000, N2,500 among others, which added up to around N28,000. He could not give account of where he got the purses. He initially lied that he was coming from the Ijora area to do business and he had missed his way.

“Later, he confessed to robbery, and we held him until the morning when policemen from Iponri came to take him away. The hoodlums have a culture of robbing women who are returning from markets in the evening. They would attack them with broken bottles and clubs and collect their day’s sales.

“We learnt that the suspect came with two others who had escaped, but he got separated from them and was left behind. We did not find any weapon on John. But he came from the Ijora Badia, Apapa area.”

One of the car owners, who preferred anonymity said: “When I opened the bonnet, I did not see the battery. As I searched for it, I was told that some robbers had struck on the neighbouring street, and one of them was caught. But it is their custom to sneak into our street and remove car batteries. I have yet to see the battery.”

The vigilance group and the police are currently making efforts to arrest the two fleeing suspects.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, had yet to react to the incident as at the time of filing the report.

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