Four deadly armed robbers have been cracked in Ojo area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with seven pistols, cutlasses and tortoise recovered from them.
Commissioner of Police, Lagos, Abiodun Alabi paraded the suspects on Friday, along with nine others.
The suspects were arrested on May 10, 2022 at about 9:15am.
The suspects are Gambo Abdulhadi, 28, Eric Komi, 19, Yusuf Ibrahim, 15 and Suleiman Alhassan, 25.
According to Alabi, on 10th May, 2022, at about 0915hrs, based on available information, a team of detectives of the Lagos State Command swung into action and arrested some armed robbery suspects in their hideout situated around Ojo area of the State and recovered exhibits in their possession.
“The names of these suspects are Gambo Abdulhadi ‘m’ 28yrs, Eric Komi ‘m’ 19yrs, Yusuf Ibrahim ‘m’ 15yrs and Suleiman Alhassan ‘m’ 25yrs.
“Seven (7) locally made pistols, Sixty-Eight (68) live cartridges, cutlasses, axe, charms, four (4) mobile phones, tortoise and a female bag were recovered from the suspects.
“Investigation is ongoing to apprehend other fleeing suspects in connection with this case and recover more arms and ammunition,” Alabi said.
