LAGOS- Tuesday, 13 April 2021: Lagos State Police Command has arrested 5 suspects for bribing police operatives and stealing construction materials that belongs to China Construction Engineering Company (CCEC).

The State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi (mnipr), disclosed this in press statement he signed and made available to CEOAFRICA.

The PPRO revealed that the Police operatives attached to Area E Command, Festac Lagos State, on 11th April, 2021, at about 3am, arrested the 5 suspects in a Ford Bus with Reg. Number FST 679 XZ, with some 25mm iron rods belonging to China Construction Engineering Company (CCEC) between Volks Bus Stop and Iyana Iba, Lagos State.

Adejobi added that the arrested suspects offered the police operatives a bribe of Five Hundred Thousand (#500,000), which was rejected by the officers.

The suspects were identified as Lawal Saheed, m, 40, Taofeek Adenigba, m, 43, Ope Olowolayemo, m, 28, Azeez Jamie, m, 41 and Omotayo Adewale, m, 34.

“The items recovered from them are some pieces of 25mm iron rods, one Nozzle, one gas cylinder and Ford Bus with Reg. No. FST 697 XZ.

The management of CCEC has been contacted by the police and identified the stolen items to be their property,” he stated.

It was added that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, had ordered that “the matter be thoroughly investigated and the suspects be charged to court as soon as possible.”

Adejobi further disclosed that “the police operatives attached to Sagamu Road Division of Ikorodu, Lagos, on 12th April, 2021, at about 1245pm, arrested two (2) suspects named Awosika Kehinde, m, 24 and Olatilewa Ayomide, m, 18, at Sabo Area of Ikorodu.

“The suspects were accosted by the police on a motorcycle in Sabo area of Ikorodu.”

It was revealed that the suspects were using a dummy gun to scare away their victims anytime they were on robbery operation, particularly in the traffic.

The PPRO noted that items such as one dummy beretta pistol and some assorted charms were recovered from them.

CP Odumosu has also directed that the suspects be transferred to the Command Special Squad for thorough investigation.