The Lagos State Police Command is investigating two security guards, Kingsley Okon Asuquo, 19; and Isaac Edet, 18, assigned to guard a Lagos lawyer, Prof. McCarty Mbadugha, from Strongcity Security Services, but ended up attacking and robbing the same man that hired them for protective services.
The Command had on October 13, 2018 at about 5:30pm received information from a credible source that armed bandits held one Joseph Mbadugha, popularly known as Prof. McCarty Mbadugha, hostage in his office at JohnVic Igbanogo Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, that the armed men were seen wearing Strongcity Security Services uniform.
Based on the information, operatives from Maroko Police Station and Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, jointly mobilised to the scene.
On sighting the operatives, the hoodlums ran in different directions to avoid being arrested, but one of them, who gave his name as Isaac Edet, was nabbed at the scene.
During interrogation, he mentioned and led detectives to arrest his partner in crime, one Kingsley Asuquo.
Interestingly, both suspects are staff of Strongcity Security Services attached to the victim.
They claimed the victim does not pay their salary as at when due, hence they planned with others at large to rob him.
They succeeded in dispossessing the victim of a bag containing laptop computer, cash sum of N40,000, three cheque booklets and one iPhone 6.
All the items have been recovered from the thieves in the course of investigation.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Edgal Imohimi, has directed the head of the Command’s Intelligence Unit to fish out the suspects at large for prosecution.