Lagos Police Smash Armed Robbery Syndicate Allegedly Sponsored By Policeman

Lagos Police Smash Armed Robbery Syndicate Allegedly Sponsored By Policeman

A five-man robbery gang allegedly led by a fake policeman has been nabbed by officers of the Lagos state police command in the Abbatoir, Agege area of the state. The fake policeman, who identified himself as Joel Ojo, said the guns and the police Identity Card recovered from the gang were given to him by a friend who is a policeman.


He gave the police officer’s name simply as Muhammed, a Chief Superintendent of Police, who he said was based at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. It was learnt that the gang members were arrested on Monday, September 28, at about 11pm.

It was gathered according to Punch that the gang members, who were driving a car, were stopped by a police patrol team, and their vehicle searched. Two pump-action rifles, two pistols with several cartridges, a police I.D. card and a police uniform were said to have been recovered from the car, while the suspects were arrested.

They were thereafter transferred to the state Special Anti-Robbery Squad for further investigation.