Lagos: Police apprehend three suspected armed robbers

In a significant breakthrough, the Lagos State Police Command has successfully arrested three wanted suspected armed robbers allegedly involved in a daring robbery in 2023.

One of their victims, who remains unnamed, reported a harrowing ordeal to the Ikorodu Police Division on October 10, 2023, detailing how he was robbed at gunpoint by a gang of armed robbers in the Igbolomu area of Ikorodu.

According to SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the command, the suspects made off with cash and valuables estimated to be worth about N4 million. The stolen items included a gold chain, pendant, and hand chain valued at N3.4 million collectively, a Samsung Galaxy S12 mobile phone (valued at N280,000), two scalers (valued at N24,000), a power bank, and a cash sum of $200 (approximately N300,000).

Following intensive investigation, the police successfully tracked down and apprehended two of the suspected armed robbers, aged 28 and 38, in the Igbolomu area of Ikorodu in March. Subsequently, in the early hours of Monday, another suspect, aged 32, who claimed to work as a