A 23-year old bag snatcher was apprehended on Friday in Alagbado during a botched robbery operation by the men of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command yesterday. They also recovered an AK-47 assault rifle from three young men in Apapa Area of Lagos.
It was gathered that the operatives, who were on routine patrol of Apapa sighted three young men carrying a bag at around 11:00 p.m on Friday. The officers accosted the men but the suspects on sighting officers dropped the bag and fled the scene. A check on the content of the bag revealed an AK-47. No ammunition was found in the bag.
On how they nabbed the 23-year-old robber, it was revealed that the robber who is a bus driver identified as Ayobami Adedeji, was chased by the operatives on routine patrol of Kola Bus Stop, in Alagbado Area of Lagos, after he alongside another man snatched a hand bag around 10:00 p.m.
Adedeji, in company of an accomplice, who he referred to as Aboki, had on Monday night, operating with a motorcycle, snatched the hand bag of one Kudirat Oyebade at Kola Bus Stop.
The operatives who were close to the scene of the incident chased the motorcycle into the inner streets. One of the suspects was however arrested while the rider escaped abandoning his motor cycle.
Adedeji, who snatched the bag stated: "I was a bus conductor. I went to Kotangoa market on Monday to meet Aboki about how to raise money for ourselves.... We have been together for a long time. At around 2:00 p.m. on Monday, we perfected the plan to operate together on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, but our focus were Adura and Council bus stops around Agbado areas of Lagos State. Our priorities were handbags and purses."
"We had snatched two bags and my colleague was keeping the money before our last botched operation. This was our first time.... Unfortunately for me, I didn't know RRS operatives were monitoring us. I snatched the bag and they chased us into the streets. My colleague escaped after abandoning his okada and I was arrested," he continued.
He added, "I dropped out in SS1 after losing my mother. My father was just a ceremonial father. He never cared about me since the death of my mother. He never assisted me but I had tro fend for myself after the death of my mother."
The rifle has been deposited at the RRS Headquarters for further investigation while Adedeji has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti for further investigations.
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