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The Ajegunle and Alaba-Rago areas of Lagos State had been hotbeds for violent armed robbery gangs in recent times.
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The police say their operatives have arrested armed robbers belonging to two different gangs.
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The police recovered weapons and other items from the suspects.
Eko Hot Blog reports that detectives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested six armed robbers belonging to two different gangs.
In a statement on Saturday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the gangs were notorious for dispossessing unsuspecting victims of their valuables within Ajegunle and Alaba-Rago areas of Lagos State.
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“The arrest followed swift investigations into reports of activities of the robbers in the areas,” Hundeyin said.
The police spokesperson in Lagos disclosed that the suspects: Chukwuemeka Emmanuel ‘m’ aged 21, Chukwuebuka Innocent ‘m’ aged 24, Umaru Isah ‘m’ aged 21, Emmanuel Ita ‘m’ aged 19, Olayitan Ayinde ‘m’ aged 18 and Moshood Ayinde ‘m’ aged 25 were arrested in different areas of the state.
He stated that efforts were being intensified to arrest other fleeing members of the gangs and recover other weapons.
“One unregistered TVS motorcycle, one locally made gun, one Infinix Note 7 and one Iphone 7 were recovered from the suspects. Suspects will be arraigned at the end of investigation,” the statement said.
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Hundeyin added that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, charged Lagosians to promptly alert the police to suspicious happenings in their localities to further enable the police rid the state of crime and criminality.
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