Operatives of the Lagos state Police command Thursday arrested three suspected armed robbers linked to a string of assaults in an property in Sangotedo, Lagos, following a swift response to misery calls from residents.
The command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, acknowledged this in a press release, Thursday, figuring out the suspects as Balogun Teslim, Suleman Balogun and Peter Oluwagbemi. The trio was apprehended in reference to theft incidents that occurred on April 11 and April 13, 2026.
The assertion mentioned police recovered a cache of incriminating gadgets from the suspects, together with a domestically made pistol loaded with six rounds of stay 9mm ammunition, two black face masks, a hammer, ropes, a big roll of cellophane tape, two black jackets, and a pair of pliers believed to have been utilized in finishing up the assaults.
“Earlier than the arrival of regulation enforcement, the suspects had been reportedly mobbed by members of the general public. They had been later rescued by police operatives and rushed to a medical facility, the place they’re at present receiving remedy,” Adebisi acknowledged.
She added that preliminary investigations have yielded important breakthroughs, with two of the suspects confessing to the crime and figuring out one Kinsley now at giant because the alleged gang chief. Efforts are ongoing to trace down the fleeing suspect and dismantle the felony community.