Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has arrested a total of seven traffic robbers, on February 17, in Lagos.
It was reported three of the robbers were arrested at Ikeja city mall, while the other four were arrested by the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mile 2 park, who handed them to the police.
Four of the suspects, Segun Peters (22), Kabiru Odeh (25), Nurudeen Suraj (22) and Dennis Ikuvbogie (24) were arrested at Mile 2 while having a field day; other suspects, Anifowoshe Kolawole (20), Patrick Ameke (21) and John Britto (27) were picked around Ikeja City Mall based on complaints on their illicit activities around the area.
The Commander, RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi had a tip off on the activities of traffic robbers in Mile 2, and deployed plain cloth police men to the area to monitor and arrest the suspects.
Before the police arrived, the NURTW members had hounded down the four suspects and handed them over to the police team for investigation and prosecution.
One of the suspects, Nurudeen Suraj was a week ago arrested and detained at Agboju Police Station. He explained that he was released from prison two months ago.
Those arrested in Ikeja were selectively picked up after a petition initiated by the management of Ikeja City Mall on reported incidences of traffic robbery in the area.
It was reported that the suspects, who were placed under close monitoring before their arrest, on most occasion pretend to be beggars and nose mask vendors. They used the ploy to rob motorists and pedestrians visiting the complex.
One of the suspects, Anifowsoshe Kolawole, who had been warned on many occasions by policemen pleaded for leniency.
The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi commended the civilians who provided the intelligence to the police as well as those who assisted the police in arresting the suspects, stressing that, our communities would become safer if people co-operated with the police.
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