 |
| Suspect Efosa Philip. |
The Ogun State Police Command said on
Monday that it had arrested one Philip Efosa for allegedly robbing one
Uber driver of
his car in Lagos.
Efosa, according to the command, was
arrested on Sunday after he and his accomplice, who escaped, allegedly
snatched the Toyota Corolla car with number plate GUS 15 RU from the
driver at gunpoint.
The Police Public Relations Officer in
the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement that Efosa was arrested
by policemen, who laid ambush for him in the Ibafo area of the state.
Oyeyemi said the suspect was planning to
escape with the stolen vehicle when men of the Ibafo Police Division
received information about the car via the control room.
He said, “Men of the Ogun State Police
Command on June 9, 2019, arrested one Philip Efosa, 29, with a Toyota
Corolla car with number plate GUS 15 RU, which was snatched at gunpoint
in Lagos.
“His arrest followed a message received
from the police control room that a Toyota Corolla car was snatched by
two armed men at the Eleko area of Lagos and that the robbers were
heading towards the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway with the said car.
“The DPO, Ibafo Division, Abiodun
Ayinde, quickly led his Anti-Robbery team to the road, where they laid
ambush for the hoodlums.
“About an hour later, the vehicle was
sighted by the policemen coming driving against traffic and heading
towards Ibadan but was blocked by the police team. The two occupants
quickly jumped out and took to their heels, but they were pursued by the
policemen and one of them was apprehended, while the other escaped.
“On interrogation, the arrested suspect confessed that he and his
accomplice called the driver of the car, who was using it for Uber
service, to convey them to somewhere for an agreed fee before they
snatched the car from him at gunpoint with the intention of taking it to
Ibadan in order to sell it.”
The PPRO added that the state
Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, had directed that the suspect and
the exhibit be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad where it
would be transferred to Lagos, where the crime was committed.
Oyeyemi said Makama urged members of the public to report cases on time so as to ensure quick response by the police.
Source: Punch Newspaper
No comments:
Post a Comment