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By Christopher Oji
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected traffic robbers, who disguised as beggars to attack their victims.
The suspects were nabbed at the weekend after they successfully dispossessed a motorist, who thought they were real beggars or his telephone handset, necklace and other personal effects.
A senior police officer said on March 15, at about 7:30am, a motorist, while in the traffic, at Agungi, Lekki, two men, who disguised as beggars, approached him and started pretending as if they needed money from him, and forcefully robbed him of his phone and necklace and took to their heels.
The victim quickly alerted men of the Ilassan division stationed at Jakande Roundabout, and the police stepped up a manhunt for the two robbers. He said the effort of the policemen paid off as they arrested two suspects: Olumide, and Ibrahim, who they took to the station where they were being interrogated. However, the stolen items were recovered from the suspects.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO ), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspects would soon be charged to court. He advised motorists to always be conscious of robbers who act as lunatics.
