•As brave robbery victim recovers gun from attackers
An ex-convict, Taiwo Sunmonu (23), has been recaptured by Lagos State Police Command on his return to armed robbery, after his release from Kirikiri Correctional Centre in November, 2020, at the end of his five-year jail term.
The police image-maker in the state, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said on Sunday March 14, 2021, that the suspect was arrested on Saturday, March 13, by the police operatives attached to Ijaninkin Division, while responding to a distress call.
During the time, Sunmonu and his gang members were robbing unsuspecting Lagos residents at Ajayi Street, Oto Awori, Ijannikin.
As he was caught by police operatives, other gang members took to their heels, the PPRO said.
Adejobi stated further that a locally-made pistol and live ammunition were recovered from the suspect who confessed to the armed robbery and other crimes he had participated in.
In a related development, a brave victim of armed robbery attack, George Bankole, of Fadal Cooperative Estate, Ikorodu, struggled with some armed robbers on March 12, 2021, at about 8pm, and recovered a locally-made pistol with live cartridges from them.
Adejobi disclosed that victim told the police that the armed men dispossessed him of his mobile phones and bags, before they eventually escaped.
He was said to have summoned the courage, proceeding to Ikorodu Division, Igbogbo, to report the incident and hand over the weapon to the law enforcement agents.
The PPRO however said that police operatives had immediately embarked on discreet Investigation into the matter.
He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, for further investigation and prosecution.
