Three armed robbers who targeted an accident victim in Lagos State have been arrested by the police.
The suspects were apprehended by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after they took advantage of an accident in the Alausa area to steal from the victim, reports Nigerian Tribune.
The agency confirmed both the accident and the suspects’ arrests in a statement shared on one of its social media pages.
RRS stated, “Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) arrested three suspected thieves last night for stealing two phones from accident victims on Governor’s Road, Alausa, Ikeja.”
The suspects: Isaiah Adegbenro (38), Edet Johnson (30) and Efe Sowemimo (28) were arrested few meters away from the accident point while trying to escape with the phones.”
According to the security unit “The accident victims were heading towards Ikeja in a red Toyota Camry 2010 when the driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a road divider in front of Adeyemi Bero end of Governor Road, Alausa, Ikeja.
The three suspects who were close to the scene when the accident happened, rather than assist the driver and the occupants out of the badly damaged vehicle, were ransacking the victims’ pockets and vehicle.
Stolen from the accident victims were: an iPhone 15, valued at N1,300,000:00 and an iPhone 12 worth N620,000:00.”
The RRS operatives who were patrolling the area, when alerted about the actions of the fleeing suspects pursued them and recovered the two iPhones from their pockets.
The operatives assisted the victims to the hospital and also removed the vehicle from obstruction.
The suspects have made significant confessions. They are to be charged to court today in line with the directives of Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Shola Jejeloye.
