Motorists plying Lekki/Epe expressway will now heave a sigh of relief as two notorious armed robbers who specialized in robbing commuters, Akpan Samuel and Ani Chukwuma, were remanded in Ikoyi prison after their arraignment at Igbosere Magistrate-Court-ten on Thursday.
The suspects who were nabbed on 29 October, 2018, by operatives of the of the Lagos State Police command led by the Divisional Police Officer, Maroko Division, CSP Isah Abdulmajid, revealed during interrogation that their modus operandi was to mount the pedestrian bridge at Marwa bus stop, Lekki/Epe expressway adding that at that vantage position, they were able to monitor the traffic and carefully select their target.
They thereafter, swoop on the target and rob them of their valuables by means of a big hammer used in smashing side glasses and windscreens of drivers who refused to roll down their glasses when commanded to do so.
The hammer and an improvised pistol that appears like a perfect prototype of a berratta pistol, were recovered from them.
Their activities were a source of concern to the command thus the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Imohimi Edgal directed the DPO to mobilize all assets at his disposal to ensure the arrest and prosecution of the hoodlums.
The CP assured that the activities of this set of criminals would soon be a thing of the past as the command had increased surveillance along all routes with heavy traffic.
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