Tough Times Await Traffic Robbers

…as Police vows to eradicate them, arrest 13 in sting operation

By: Okosun Dennis

In a renewed sting operations, the Comnander Rapid Response Squad, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, on Thursday confirmed the arrest of additional 13 suspected traffic robbers during an operation carried out on Wednesday, 13th January, 2021.

The suspects were arrested while lurking around Motorways, Old Toll-Gate and Olusosun Dump site, Ojota, Lagos.

This is coming on the heels of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, reiterating the command’s commitment to eradicate traffic robber in Lagos State.

He made the assertion today, 14th January, 2021 at the Command Headquarters Ikeja while addressing officers and men of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and other operational units who are deployed at strategic places across the state to fight traffic robbery.

The suspects were identified as Akeredola Taiwo, 33, Oriyomi Solola, 28, Olanrewaju Sikiru, 25, Hakeem Ridwan, 22, Joseph Ovie, 33, Muhammadu Aminu, 32, Monday Nweke, 35, Emmanuel Anthony, 24, Onyeka Muoghara, 40, Salaudeen Rilwan, 32, Kayode Dele, 31, Silas Manner, 27 and Favour Elijah, 26.

Odumosu emphasised the need to adopt various anti-crime strategies in combating the menace which must not be allowed to jeopardise the security network of the state.

It was learnt that some of the suspects were caught red-handed while taking drugs in their hideouts around the corridor; and they were actually fingered and recognised by the residents and eye witnesses to have been involved in some of the previous traffic robberies and other crimes perpetrated in the areas.

The Commissioner of Police has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for proper investigation and possible prosecution.

CP Hakeem Odumosu, however, assured the general public of the comnand’s relentless efforts in eradicating traffic robbery and providing adequate security for all and sundry in Lagos State.