Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday, January 4, arrested three notorious ‘one chance’ armed robbers at Jubilee Bridge around Abule-Egba area of Lagos.
This was made known in a press statement issued by the Director, of the Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, who confirmed that they were arrested by LASTMA personnel alongside their operational vehicle a painted ‘T4’ commercial bus (APP 406 YE) at the U-turn area of Abule-Egba.
The statement reads: “Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today arrested three notorious ‘one chance’ armed robbers by Jubilee Bridge around Abule-Egba area of Lagos.
“In a press statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that they were arrested by LASTMA personnel along side with their operational vehicle a painted ‘T4’ commercial bus (APP 406 YE) at the U-turn area of Abule-Egba.
“Immediately they were arrested, one of them escaped with a P.O.S machine before the arrival of the Policemen.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that they were notorious ‘one-chance’ armed robbers terrorising the entire Abule-Egba and its environs.
“Investigation further revealed that they were being chased by members of the public after they noticed that a man was pushed down from their vehicle after robbing him of his valuables.
They drove recklessly in order to evade arrest before they were eventually caught by LASTMA officials controlling and managing traffic around the Abule-Egba axis.
“The two suspects were later handed over to the Police men from ‘Ile-Epo’ Police Division for further investigation.
“The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bakare Oki Olalekan however appealed to the public particularly commuters to be very vigilant and stop boarding commercial buses by the road side popularly called ‘So-le’.”
