Confirm news revealed that Police operatives attached to Itire Division of Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Samuel Ayooluwa, male, 24, of no fixed address, at No 54, Olatilewa Street by Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos State.
The arrests took place at about 6.40 pm on Thursday, April 22, 2021.
The Police operatives on their routine patrol around the area had responded to a distress call from one of the shop owners at the above address that three armed men on a motorcycle attacked the customers in the shop and dispossessed them of their belongings.
The Police, who raced to the scene, gave the suspected armed men a hot chase and eventually arrested one of them identified as Samuel, while two others escaped.
Items recovered from him include two locally-made pistols three live cartridges, three expended cartridges and two mobile phones.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Command’s Special Squad for a thorough investigation and possible apprehension of the fleeing suspects.
