{"id":46907,"date":"2021-02-21T20:31:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T19:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=46907"},"modified":"2021-02-21T20:31:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T19:31:06","slug":"police-pounces-on-four-traffic-robbers-arrest-recovers-vandalised-rail-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/police-pounces-on-four-traffic-robbers-arrest-recovers-vandalised-rail-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Pounces On Four Traffic Robbers, Arrest, Recovers Vandalised Rail Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Okosun Dennis<\/p>\n<p>Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force attached to Satellite and Aguda Divisions of the State Command have arrested two suspected traffic robbers each at different locations within Lagos metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>The Satellite Division arrested two suspected traffic armed robbers along Agboju\/Alakija on Lagos\/Badagry Expressway on the 19th February, 2021 at 1035pm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46909\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG-20210221-WA0006-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two suspects identified as Solomon Ayuba, 26, and Manase David, 20, were caught in the act by the police when they were attacking unsuspecting commuters in the area, while other members of the gang took to their heels.<\/p>\n<p>The police operatives had placed suspected armed robbers under surveillance for some days before they were eventually arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Items recovered from them included one locally-made pistol, some cartridges and two face Masks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46910\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG-20210221-WA0007-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the same vein, the operatives attached to Aguda Division on 20th February, 2021, about 1.35pm, also arrested two suspected traffic robbers while attacking and robbing a Toyota Siena Bus with Reg. No AAA 30 AZ, driven by one Apele Mohammed, on transit at Olatunji Onimole Street by Brown Junction.<\/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>The suspects were identified as Ismail Abayomi, 24 and Seun Akinbunu, 25.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects and others at large attacked the bus, broke its side screen and robbed one Atinuke Adisa of her Infinix-8 phone.<\/p>\n<p>In another development, the operatives attached to the office of the Area Commander, Area E Festac, arrested two suspects with some vandalised rail tracks belonging to the Nigerian Railway Corporation on 20th February, 2021, about 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>The policemen that were on routine check stopped the vehicle driven by one Victor Akpan, 21, of Ijora, Lagos and his accomplice, one Adesina Folorunsho, of No 36, Biefield Apapa Road and discovered the vandalised rail tracks in the said vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>They could not give any satisfactory account of the vandalised items but claimed that they got them from some miscreants.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered that the suspected traffic robbers be taken to State CID Panti for thorough investigation while the Area Commader Area E Festac works with his DPOs and intensify efforts to trace the fleeing traffic robbers and carry out thorough investigation on the vandalised rail tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The police boss also reaffirmed that the command&#8217;s commitment to continually flush out the criminals and hoodlums of Lagos State.<\/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>Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force attached to Satellite and Aguda Divisions of the State Command have arrested two suspected traffic robbers each at different locations within Lagos metropolis.<!-- 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":0,"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":[17],"tags":[8231],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-46907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-news","tag-traffic-rubbers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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