Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected robbers, aka ‘one-chance’, who specialise in robbing unsuspecting commuters of their valuables in commercial vehicles.

The two suspects, residents of the Ijora Badia area, who allegedly operated using a tricycle and had been terrorising commuters in Mushin, Yaba and Surulere axis, were arrested by police on Monday.

A witness, Jacob Adeyemi, told reporters that the suspects were arrested after attacking some passengers and taking their phones and other valuables in the Surulere axis.

He said a police patrol team was alerted when one of the victims raised the alarm on Funsho Williams Avenue in Surulere. Two members of the syndicate were arrested, while one person escaped.

“Different brands of expensive phones and other valuables believed to have been stolen by the robbers were recovered, including the new tricycle used by the syndicate.’’ the witness said

Efforts to confirm the arrest from the spokesman of the police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, were futile as calls to his phone line and a text message sent were not responded to as of the time of filing this report. 

(NAN)