{"id":43957,"date":"2020-10-19T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T09:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=43957"},"modified":"2020-10-19T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T09:31:14","slug":"lekki-protesters-arrest-member-for-stealing-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/lekki-protesters-arrest-member-for-stealing-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Lekki Protesters Arrest Member For Stealing Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Okosun Dennis<\/p>\n<p>A 25-year-old Yusuf Lawal was on Saturday arrested and handed over to the police by the #Endsars# protesters at Lekki for stealing a phone.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the arrest on Sunday, the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the suspect is from Ojuelegba area of Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters who were angry about the incident descended on him and gave him thorough beating before they agreed to hand him over to the police at Maroko Police Station.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Though the stolen phone has not been recovered as the suspect passed on the phone to his fleeing gang members, the Police are working on the useful information gathered from him to track down his gang members who are at large.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has reiterated that this incident is a clear indication that the protests, across the state, have been hijacked by some hoodlums who hide under the #Endsars# protests to steal, loot and cause damage to peoples property.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, advised protesters to be watchful of those who have infiltrated into their processions or gatherings to cause pains to innocent Lagosians.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 25-year-old Yusuf Lawal was on Saturday arrested and handed over to the police by the #Endsars# protesters at Lekki for stealing a phone.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":43958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[7625,7626],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-43957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crime","tag-robber","tag-yusuf-lawal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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