Two suspected car snatchers, who were
paraded by the Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday, said they snatched
a Honda Accord
while the owner was romancing a woman in the vehicle.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the
suspects ─ Babatunde Makinde and Faruk Lawal ─ were apprehended by the
command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Mushin, Lagos, on Monday,
September 22.
Our correspondent learnt that the two suspects were on their way to snatch N20m from a man who was to travel out of the country.
The suspects were said to have snatched
the Honda Accord on Morrocco Street, Somolu. The vehicle was used for
their transportation.
However, while they had yet to reach
their destination, it was learnt that the police, who already got wind
of their movement, swooped on them.
According to the police, two
locally-made double barrel and single barrel guns, 28 live cartridges
and the snatched Honda Accord Saloon car were recovered from the gang
after arrest.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro,
33-year-old Makinde confessed that it was one Dayo, said to be the gang
leader, who tipped them that a wealthy man was travelling abroad with
about N20m.
He said, “We were on our way to rob the
man when we noticed the man in the vehicle. It was in the evening at
about 7pm. We saw the man and a lady making out in the vehicle. The man
was all over the lady while the door glasses of the vehicle were
slightly wound down. We bust in on them, hit the man on the head and
dragged both of them out. Then, we took the vehicle.
“We did not want to go for our operation
with a bike so that the police would not stop us. That was why we
snatched the man’s vehicle.”
Lawal, 38, added that the police, who
were on their trail, apprehended them while they were just about to
enter their would-be victim’s house .
The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Cornelius Aderanti, said investigations were in progress to get other members of the gang.
Source:Punch Newspaper
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