Police arrest robbery suspect, recover gun in Lagos
Police in Lagos State have arrested a 31-year-old suspected armed robber in the Kosofe area of the state and recovered his gun. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in Ikeja, yesterday, that the suspect’s accomplices, however, fled. He said: “Patrol officers from Owode-Onirin Division noticed five young men surrounding a broken-down truck. As the officers stopped to ascertain what was going on, the young men fled. The suspect was apprehended and found with a locally-fabricated firearm.” He stated also that an on-going investigation showed that it was a robbery in progress.