Operatives of Ipakodo Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 34-year-old man, Emmanuel Rolland, for duping unsuspecting passengers turned victims.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin who confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Monday, August 8, 2022, said that he was apprehended on Friday, July 29, at about 11:20am along Ipakodo road after his victim raised alarm.
“Investigation revealed that the suspect, alongside his co-conspirators (still at large), while operating in a Volkswagen Jetta saloon car, with registration number JJJ 27 DG, disguised as driver and passengers, picked unsuspecting passengers, and started discussions about some money purportedly kept in the boot.
“The suspect confessed to having started this crime in January, adding that he was arrested on his sixth outing. Effort is in top gear to arrest other fleeing members of the gang and other perpetrators of such crime,” the PPRO stated.
He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, had directed that the case be transferred to the state police headquarters for further investigations and prosecution.
