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Police detectives attached to the Ilupeju Police
Station in Lagos have arrested the leader of an
armed robbery gang which allegedly specialised in
attacking bullion vans. The sum of $118,000 and
£50,000 were allegedly recovered from the
suspect’s hideout at Mushin area of Lagos.
The suspect, Bolaji Oyekanmi was arrested after
his gang had successfully robbed a bullion van that
was carrying cash and was in transit to an
unnamed bank.
A source at the command headquarters, Ikeja, told
Daily Trust that after his arrest by the police team
led by the Ilupeju Divisional Police Officer (DPO)
Olayinka Egbeyemi, the suspect led the police to
the home of a native doctor at Mushin, where the
money was allegedly hidden.
It was gathered that the recovered money belongs
to the Bankers Warehouse. The police source said
the recovered money had since been handed over
to the owners by the DPO on the order of the
Commissioner of Police (CP) Fatai Owoseni.
The exemplary conduct of the DPO, Egbeyemi, was
commended by the Bankers Warehouse
management who told Journalists that the DPO and
his team did not remove a ‘pin’ from the amount
recovered.
CP Owoseni who confirmed the arrest, noted that
investigation was still ongoing, adding that the
suspect, who is still in police custody, would soon
be charged to court.
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