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Photo: Policemen Arrest Robbers While Sharing Loot
Six suspected burglars have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in the Ikoyi area of the state.
It was learnt that the suspects were sharing their loot when they were arrested by police operatives.
Punch Metro gathered that the men, identified as Friday Eze, Stanley Ejiofor, Femi Miracle, Raphael Ijoha, Emmanuel Omojuwa and Daniel Thomas, were arrested by men of the Ikoyi Police Division on Tuesday, August 9.
The police said the gang, which was notorious for breaking into houses and stealing valuables, had other members who escaped arrest.
Around 10pm, the gang members allegedly burgled some houses on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, and drove away in a car to a junction in the area to share the loot.
A source said operatives, who were on patrol, observed the suspects sharing the stolen items in the car and arrested them.
He said, “They are notorious in the Ikoyi area for burglary. They don’t rob to avoid raising suspicion. They only wait for their target houses to be deserted before they strike.
“We were on a ‘stop-and-search’ in the area when we observed them sharing some goods inside a car around 10pm. When we arrested them and searched the car, we found four laptops, three purses, 13 mobile phones and four iPads. They confessed that they were returning from an operation. The six of them have been transferred to the Special Anti-Robery Squad, Ikeja.”
Speaking with Punch Metro, Eze, a father of two, said he went into burglary to make ends meet.
He said, “It was frustration that drove me into burglary. The situation was very critical for me and my family. I have a wife and two kids to cater to. I am not the gang leader. A friend brought all these men for the operation. We stole several laptops. I took two laptops and two iPads. I have gone for only two operations.
“I was formerly living in Lekki with my family. But when things became difficult, my in-laws took my wife and children to Ikorodu. I am the firstborn of my parents. My sisters have been sent out of school and I have to fund their studies.”
Another suspect, Thomas, said, “Friday (Eze) introduced me to the gang. We are friends. I do not rob; I only burgle houses. It was hard times that led me to this.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigation.
“Members of the public should continue to cooperate with the police in tackling crimes in Lagos State. The suspects will be arraigned in court at the end of investigation,” he said.
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Armed policemen take over PDP national headquarters
Heavily armed policemen have taken over the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja.
This action, which was done on Sunday, was said to have been carried out by the police to prevent the breakdown of law and order at the secretariat.
A former Governor of Borno State, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, was removed by members of the party as the national chairman in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Saturday.
Sheriff however described the action of those that removed him and members of the National Working Committee was a nullity.
He said all the actions taken at the party’s national convention which he had postponed were null and void.
However, our correspondent gathered that the policemen were drafted to the secretariat to prevent Sheriff and some members of his sacked NWC from gaining entrance to the secretariat.
The stern-looking riot policemen have however taken strategic positions in and around the secretariat to prevent entrance to the compound.
More than 30 armed policemen, who were led by an acting assistant superintendent of policemen, prevented journalists from gaining entrance of coming close to the building.
