The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
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The Police Command in Lagos State said they have arrested three suspected members of a robbery gang that had been terrorising the Orile-Iganmu area and recovered arms and ammunition from them.
The Command’s Commissioner, Hakeem Odunmosu, disclosed this during a news briefing on Tuesday.
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says it is set to arraign the five suspects in the December 28, 2019 foiled Abuja bank robbery.
Earlier during the court proceedings, the prosecutor, ASP Eranus Nnamonu, said the accused, who were all residing at Isiu Village in Ikorodu, committed the offences on May 7 at 2pm at Isiu
A police source said: “Okeke belongs to a three man gang of robbers. They specialize in going into banking halls to monitor customers withdrawing huge sums of money. They would later attack such customers while they were heading to their destinations from the bank. The gang also used to embark on house to house robbery
They were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, in an operation led by the Officer in Charge of SARS, a Superintendent of Police, Abba Kyari