RRS nabs machete-wielding robber trying to snatch patrol motorcycle
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad in Lagos have arrested a 19-year-old armed robber, identified as Akinjobi Wahab, while trying to snatch their motorcycle during a patrol.
The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Sunday, in a statement shared on the command’s official X handle, attached with a picture of the teenage suspect holding a cutlass.
According to the statement, the RRS operatives in plain clothes arrested the suspect around 4am, on Acme Road, Ikeja, while his four other gang members escaped.
The statement read, “Rapid Response Squad operatives in plain clothes, patrolling on a motorcycle, have arrested a robbery suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, aged 19 while trying to snatch their motorcycle.
It stated, “The machete-wielding suspect was arrested at about 4am on Acme Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, in company with four others now at large. This is coming on the heels of the emplacement of regular foot and vehicular patrols in the area by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, in response to repeated complaints that robbers operate around Agidingbi, Ikeja early mornings.’’
The spokesperson for the command stated that the teenage suspect would be arraigned in court upon conclusion of investigation.
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