19-year-old attempting to snatch police patrol bike, arrested | read details

19-year-old attempting to snatch police patrol bike, arrested | read details

19-year-old Akinjobi Wahab, was on Sunday, arrested for allegedly attempting to hijack a police patrol motorcycle in Ikeja, Lagos state.

The suspect was arrested by operatives of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, while four of his accomplices escaped.

According to a statement issued by the state command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, the officers were on a patrol in plain clothes when the machete-wielding suspect tried to snatch their patrol motorcycle.

The PRO stated;

“Rapid Response Squad operatives in plain clothes, patrolling on a motorcycle, have arrested a robbery suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, aged 19 while trying to snatch their motorcycle.

“The machete-wielding suspect was arrested at about 4am on Acme Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja in company of four others now at large.

“This is coming on the heels of the emplacement of regular foot and vehicular patrols in the area by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, in response to repeated complaints that robbers operate around Agidingbi, Ikeja very early mornings.”