Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Unit have arrested a notorious traffic robber, Oluwole Kayode, 27, who disguises as a street hawker under Oshodi bridge.
Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Superintendent of Police Olayinka Egbeyemi, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect, said he was apprehended by officers of the agency positioned at Oshodi bridge to checkmate criminal activities of traffic robbers.
Egbeyemi said the traffic robber was arrested after he had broken the side screen of a Toyota Corolla car with a hammer and snatched 2 phones and a bag containing valuables. The Chairman stated that after the suspect was arrested and every item stolen recovered from him, the owner was called on phone to pick up her bag and phones at Task Force office, Bolade, Oshodi.
He said the suspect confessed to the crime, adding that he uses hammer to smash the wind shield of vehicles whose owner refuses to voluntarily surrender their valuables.
“Yes, I broke her vehicle side screen with a hammer because the woman refused to surrender her bag and 2 phones when I approached her during traffic when it was raining.” The owner of the snatched bag and 2 phones, Mrs. Hadizatul Jiddah, commended the Lagos State Police for their efforts at ridding Lagos of crime and State Task Force for the prompt action taken.
“If not for the prompt intervention of personnel of the Lagos State Task Force my bag and 2 phones would have gone.”