19-year-old Arrested for attempting to snatch patrol bike

By Miracle Ogunde

A 19-year-old suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, was arrested by the Lagos Police for attempting to hijack police patrol bike.

Lagos State command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, stating that policemen attached to the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, on Sunday, foiled an attempt to hijack their patrol bike in Ikeja.

Hundeyin stated that the officers were on a patrol in plain clothes when the machete-wielding suspect tried to snatch their patrol bike.

He added that he suspect was arrested as four accomplices escaped.

He wrote, “Rapid Response Squad operatives in plain clothes, patrolling on a motorcycle, have arrested a robbery suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, aged 19 while trying to snatch their motorcycle.

“The machete-wielding suspect was arrested at about 4am on Acme Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja in company of four others now at large.

“This is coming on the heels of the emplacement of regular foot and vehicular patrols in the area by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, in response to repeated complaints that robbers operate around Agidingbi, Ikeja very early mornings.”