RRS Nabs Six Kid Robbers In Oshodi [PHOTO]
In what appeared to be a clampdown on criminals operating in Oshodi, prelude to the festive seasons, the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested six teenage mobile phone thieves in Oshodi. The suspects who were brought in batches to the RRS’s Headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja were all apprehended the same day in Oshodi while brazenly dispossessing commuters of their belongings. The suspects; Ganiyu Rahman Sadiq Adebayo (15); Timilehin Oluwaseun (14); Ogundare Moyinoluwa (18); Toheeb Tijani (19) and Adeleke Sodiq (17) were arrested on Friday morning in Oshodi Oke. According to one of the suspects, Ganiy Rahman, “we are over 50 boys. We are always in Oshodi – Oke, from morning till late night. Some of us genuinely help people to carry their loads while a lot of us are there to snatch handbags, phones and other valuables from people. At time, we pretend to be helping them but our focus are their valuables. Most times, we work ...