Police Nab 7 Traffic Robbers In Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that it arrested seven suspected traffic robbers.

The robbers are alleged to have been terrorising motorists on Ketu-Ikorodu Expressway in Kosofe area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Friday in his verified Twitter handle.

Hundeyin said that five of the suspects were arrested on Thursday at 11.00 a.m., while they were alleged to be attacking a motorist at Kosofe Bus Stop, near Mile 12 Food Market.

On Thursday, five traffic robbers swooped on a motorist at Kosofe Bus Stop, along Ikorodu Road.

“The Ketu Police Division’s patrol team arrested them all, and that action led to the arrest of two others,” he said.

The spokesman said that the suspects’ ages were between 18 and 28.

He said that investigation was ongoing at the divisional level on the arrested suspects.