Armed Robber Arrested After Missing His Way Following An Operation (Photo)

 

A susected robber, Saliu John, has been arrested by the the police in Lagos on the Old Apapa Road, Oyingbo, after allegedly dispossessing some market women of about N28,000.

According to Punch Metro, John, who was said to have come to the area with two others, was nabbed by members of a vigilance group after he reportedly missed his way after the operation.

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.
 

John, who was arrested at about 9pm on Monday, was questioned by the security men and he told them that he had come to do business in the area from Ijora, after which he missed his way.

When the suspect was, however, searched, the vigilance group members were said to have found different purses containing money, arousing the suspicion of the security men that John allegedly attacked some market women.

The suspect was said to have been taken to the Iponri Police Division on Tuesday.

A member of the vigilance service executive, identified only as Musibau, told PUNCH Metro that John’s three-man gang usually came from the Ijora area to rob on Jones, Atitebi and neighbouring streets on the Old Apapa Road.

Musibau added that when John could not account for the cash found on him, the security men knew he was a robber.

The vigilance group and the police are making efforts to track the two other suspected robbers.