The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State has arrested an ex-convict for alleged traffic robbery around the Ketu area of the state.
According to Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin,”the suspect, Emmanuel Sunday , 32, was apprehended around 8:00 p.m. when RRS officials on undercover duty spotted him while trying to dispossess a motorist of his mobile phone at Ojota Underbridge.
“Samuel confessed that he was few months ago arrested by Alapere Police Division for stealing, for which he was sentenced to three month jail term in Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
“Sunday’s arrest came on the heels of strategic deployment of undercover policemen to comb areas with incidences of traffic robbery by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi”.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abiodun Alabi has directed that the team would leave no stone unturned in the arrest of the remaining traffic robbers in the area.
