Four people suspected to be members of the armed
robbery gang that attacked two banks in Ikorodu area
of Lagos State have been arrested by the police in the
state.
One of the suspects was reportedly arrested in Ondo
State while three others were arrested at different
locations in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
Tribune Online gathered the men of the Nigerian
Army, who were on a stop and search mission,
arrested one of the four suspects while the Special
Anti Robbery Squad of the Lagos State police
command arrested the three others.
A police source told the Tribune Online that the
soldiers arrested a member of the gang, who was
escaping to Okitipupa in Ondo State.
The arrested suspects was reportedly found with
huge sums of money which raised the suspicion of
the soldiers.
The suspect was said to have initially denied being
part of the gang but claimed to have benefitted from
the loot at the Lagos banks robberies.
The outgoing Commissioner of Police in Lagos State,
Kayode Aderanti, was said to have facilitated the
transfer of the arrested suspects to Lagos for further
interrogations.
A police source at SARS, who told Tribune Online of
the arrest of the suspects, said that the police
authorities had to rely on the experience of former
operatives of the unit who have been redeployed.
The police source said: "We have arrested four of
them and we have recovered three exotic vehicles
bought with the stolen money from the banks.
When contacted, the image maker in charge of the
state police command, Kenneth Nwosu, said: "I don't know but we are parading suspects tomorrow."