The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday, February 21, at about 10:51p.m, arrested one Johnson Godday, who was in military uniform, for allegedly attacking and robbing some commuters in Ogudu area of the state.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, one Onyebuchi Nwanga had reported that at about 10:15 p.m on Sunday, while alighting from a tricycle with his friends at Emmanuel Street junction in Ogudu, they suddenly noticed two men, on motorcycle, in military uniform, who attacked them and snatched his Infinix Smart 5 phone.
“He further stated that when they raised an alarm, the policemen attached to Ogudu Division on duty around the scene came to their rescue and arrested the suspect in army uniform, while the other, also in army uniform, escaped with the motorcyclist.
“The snatched phone was immediately recovered from the suspect.
“In the course of police investigation, Johnson Godday, from Edo State, confessed that he was attached to NA 149 Batallion, Ojo, Lagos before he was dismissed from the Nigerian Army.”