The Police in Lagos have foiled an attempted robbery on a bank opposite Maplewood Estate, in Oko Oba, Lagos.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed the incident in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.
Hundeyin said the suspects were breaking the security doors to gain entry when operatives of the Command stormed the scene to restore order.
“We got the distress call at 4:20am and responded swiftly. Keeping Lagos State safe and secure is a task we are not relenting at,” he wrote, adding that a suspect has been arrested.
In a related development, a 21-year-old suspected burglar has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command.
The Command, in a statement issued on Sunday by its Spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, said the suspect had been going about stealing properties from the homes of unsuspecting members of the public in the Itele Awori Local Government Area of the State.
The police said the suspect – Ibrahim Adamu – usually disguised as a scavenger and broke into people’s houses in their absence to steal their valuables.
She noted that during the arrest, Adamu’s accomplice, identified as Azonto, escaped, but the police launched a manhunt to get him arrested.
