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One Killed, Three Traffic Robbery Suspects Held

A suspected traffic robber was killed and two others were arrested during gun battles in Okokomaiko on the outskirts of Lagos, the police said yesterday. The police also arrested four cult suspects at Fadeyi on Ikorodu Road. 

In a statement, police spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), named Adigun Ganiyu, 26, and Justice Igboanusi, 29, as those arrested in the Okokomaiko incident at the weekend. Ganiyu, Elkana said, was arrested at Cassidy bus stop around 10:20pm by policemen from Okokomaiko Division during an operation. 

“One of the hoodlums was injured and he later died. Ganiyu was arrested. The other gang members escaped. One double barrel gun with a live ammunition and two expended cartridges, as well as a motorcycle used by the hoodlums were recovered. 

“The suspect confessed that he and his accomplices are responsible for traffic robberies at Okokomaiko. He is helping investigators with information about his fleeing colleagues,” said Elkana. Igboanusi, who lives at 11, Jinadu Street, Ajangbadi, the spokesman said, was arrested on Saturday night around Church bus stop, Ilemba Hausa, in similar circumstance.

(The Nation)

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