Before you start reading,note that the police have denied that the suspect is a policeman...
''There were indications, yesterday, that a Police Corporal was arrested in connection with a robbery operation, Saturday night, at Shagamu area of Lagos.
Three others alleged to be members of the robbery gang are still on the run.
Vanguard gathered that the policemen numbering four, who were on night duty, drove to Shagamu in a Lexus jeep, where they allegedly attacked a 20ft container loaded with with auto spare parts. They reportedly tied the trailer driver and his conductor, and dumped them in a bush around Ijebu-Ode and diverted the trailer to Okokomaiko in Lagos State, where the auto parts were allegedly sold to a ready buyer for N30m. Luck, however, ran against them after the company alerted policemen at Shagamu division of the incident.
It was gathered that the truck was traced to Lagos through its tracking device. Sources hinted that when the Lagos State Police Command was informed, its operatives at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, swung into action. However, when policemen attached to Okokomaiko flagged the trailer and the Lexus jeep down, the occupants were said to have opened fire on them. But they were reportedly over-powered.
At the end of the shoot- out, one of the occupants in the diverted truck was arrested, while others managed to escape. On close observation, he was reportedly discovered to be a Constable, whose identity was given as Victor Omorokai, attached to Federal SARS, Ikeja.
During interrogation, Vanguard gathered that he confessed that the operation was led by one Inspector Taiwo attached to the same unit, adding that the loot was with Taiwo. The policemen were said to have been transferred from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, to FSARS three months ago. The visibly angry Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, was said to have ordered a thorough investigation into the incident.
As at yesterday, the arrested policeman, as gathered, was still being quizzed. However, when the command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmus, was contacted, she described the claim as untrue. She said: “It’s not a confirmed story. Ignore it. If investigation reveals they are policemen we will let you know.”
Why do they always deny they are policemen in cases like these?
ReplyDeleteKikiki its not only in d police force oooo, its everywhere. No
DeleteOrganisation or body wants to be associated with ppl who soil dia names in d mud.
Stella note that nobody wants to associate themselves with failure, hence the denial.
ReplyDeleteEnd time criminals
ReplyDeleteGood to know
ReplyDeleteOf cos they are policemen, organisations in Nigeria always deny their people when they go wrong
ReplyDeleteHmm, all in the quest for money . A filthy painted paper
ReplyDeletena wa ooooooooooh
ReplyDeleteThis is not supppseoto be news.....it is what dey do all the time
ReplyDeleteThe day of reckoning is here already.
ReplyDeletePolicemen WATCHOUT.
Criminal elements in the Police Force
ReplyDeleteThey must face the law
65% of thieves are Force men but they will always deny it.
ReplyDelete#PoliceLife
Bloody thieves
ReplyDeleteOnly in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteHe knows that they are criminals.
ReplyDeleteI don't blame them. 30m is tempting
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