The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said it has foiled an attempted bank robbery by a suspected team of robbers in Ejigbo area of the state and arrested its ring leader with his arms.
\nThe command\u2019s Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, stated this in a statement to NAN on Sunday.
\nElkana said that on Aug. 9, at about 9.45a.m, the Ejigbo Police Station received a distress call that some armed robbers on motorcycles were operating outside Access Bank along Egbe Road by NNPC Junction at Ejigbo.<\/p>\n
He said a patrol team was deployed from the Ejigbo Police Station to reinforce the Mobile Policemen on guard duty at the bank and the patrol team engaged the armed robbers in a gun battle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe armed robbers were overpowered and chased up to Egbe area where their ring leader was arrested after he had sustained bullet wounds but others escaped.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne Brownie pistol with one live ammunition was recovered from the suspect. The sum of N250, 000 earlier snatched from a female victim was recovered from him and handed over to her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) had taken over the investigation, stressing that efforts were on to apprehend other fleeing members of the gang.
\nElkana also said in the statement that a car snatching ring leader was arrested on Aug. 9, at about 2.310a.m by Anti Crime Patrol Team from the Satellite Police Station.<\/p>\n
He said that the police foiled an attempt by the syndicate to snatch a Peugeot 307 salon car at Mosalachi area of Mile 2, along the Lagos \/Badagry Expressway.<\/p>\n
The command\u2019s spokesman said one Francis Abubakar, who was the ring leader of the gang was arrested, while one locally-made shotgun was recovered from him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Peugeot 307 was recovered and handed over to the owner. SARS has taken over the case with a view to apprehending other members of the gang.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigation is ongoing while the suspect will be charged to court,\u201d Elkana said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said it has foiled an attempted bank robbery by a suspected team of robbers in Ejigbo area of the state and arrested its ring leader with his arms. The command\u2019s Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, stated this in a statement to NAN on Sunday. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[246,206,165,330],"class_list":["post-14026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-community","tag-lagos","tag-police","tag-robbery"],"yoast_head":"\n