Lagos state police command have arreste two suspected members of a robbery syndicate that specialises in robbing people who had just gone to withdraw money from banks at Sadiku/ Ilasamaja, along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, Lagos.
The Lagos State Police Command boss, Edgal Imohimi,due to so many complaints directed a 24 hours surveillance around the banks and others along the expressway.
According to Vanguard, the suspects Boniface Ewerem(46) and Joseph,(42) attacked a male customer who had just left the bank with a withdrawl of N350,000.
An eye witnesses said one of them fired a shot into the air as he snatched the money from the customer and zoomed off in their operational motorbike. Luck however, ran against them as policemen from Ilasamaja chased and caught up with them.
During interrogation,the suspects revealed that they came from Iba area of the state to operate. He said: ”this is my first time. I wanted to use the money I would have collected, to celebrate Christmas. We never had any intention to kill our victims”
They have since been transferred to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
