The four robbery suspects
The suspects were nabbed following a
tip-off to the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, who directed men of
the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, led by SP Abba Kyari, to go after them.
According to Punch report, they were arrested on June 22 during an operation at Ile Zik area on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
The suspects whose names were given as
Julius George, Samuel Orgah, Lucky Oliseh and Lucky Friday confessed to
the police that the police uniforms were provided by their leader,
George.
Confessing to the crime, 34-year-old
George who is a native of Otupko, Benue State and married with children
said he’d told other members of his gang that he was a policeman and
that he bought the Mobile Police uniforms which he gave to is gang from a
market.
According to another of the suspect,
Oliseh, he only met George three weeks before their arrest when the
latter invited him for the N8m robbery in Ile Zik area.
Meanwhile Friday said he met George
three months ago at Iyana -Oba where they became friends and he’d never
gone on an operation with the gang before. He said he was not aware they
were going for a robbery operation as he was invited by George to
escort him to go and collect money.
Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, Ngozi Braide said the robbers were nabbed during a robbery
operation where they had worn a T-shirt with a ‘Mopol’ inscription,
adding that investigations were ongoing.
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