It was a drama of sort at the premises of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, Dopemu , Lagos, when a dispatch rider who was arrested for traffic offence ,sprang a surprise by snatching the car key of a man who was pleading for his release and zoomed of with the car.
The 23 -year-old dispatch rider has been arrested for stealing the Toyota Camry, 2010 model.
The suspect,was initially nabbed by RRS for traffic offence before he was rearrested for car theft by another police division.
The suspect, Ternia Samuel, was apprehended at the RRS men, and a man who saw the police officers taking away, started pleading with the officers to release the suspect.
The man had claimed that Samuel was his brother, but while pleading for his release, Samuel sprang a surprise, snatched the car key of the sympathiser and zoomed of with the car.
According to Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundyin,the incident happened on Sunday, March 10, 2024, when RRS operatives on patrol intercepted Samuel’s unregistered motorcycle with a passenger on Dopemu Bridge,” a concerned passerby, who claimed to be Samuel’s brother, witnessed the interception, intervened by pleading for the release of the bike.
“It was during this encounter that Samuel brazenly snatched the passerby’s car key, jumped into his Toyota Camry car, and sped off. Though the RRS operatives pursued him, he managed to evade capture only to be arrested and vehicle recovered by Shasha Police Division, minutes after the incident. The passerby, upon questioning, confessed to only trying to assist Samuel by claiming to be his brother”.
Meanwhile, Commander of RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, has directed the prompt arraignment of the suspect.
