PHOTO: Police Shoot & Arrest Luxury Mercedes Snatcher in Lagos

The police at Dopemu Police Station in
Lagos have shot and arrested a suspected
armed robber, Rasheed Aremu, in the
early hours of October 10, 2013,
Thursday.
The police recovered a locally made
pistol, two cutlasses, a laptop, one knife,
ten handsets and the Mercedes Benz
450ML SUV marked JT195EKY earlier
snatched by the suspect and other
fleeing members of the gang.
23-year-old Rasheed Aremu, who
originates from Igboora in Oyo State, and
his gang were alleged to have snatched
the vehicle around FESTAC area and later
moved to Ejigbo where they also robbed
residents of Apata Road by KJ Block
Industry of money, phones and other
valuables before heading to Dopemu.
According to a police source at Dopemu
Police Station, the robbers who were
driving the snatched SUV around Adealu
Bus Stop against traffic, opened fire on
the police attached to the Anti-Robbery
Squad.
The source said the police fired back at
the robbers and Aremu, the driver of the
SUV was shot in the leg and arrested
while others escaped with bullet wounds.
One of the victims of the robbery attack
at Ejigbo, who identified himself as Mr.
Lawrence Otolape, told P.M.NEWS that
he and some of his friends were at KJ
Bus Stop when the robbers arrived and
robbed all of them.
“When I went to report the matter at
Okota Police Station, the police called my
line and the police at Dopemu Station
picked it and said that one of the robbers
had been arrested and that I should
come to their station. That is why I am
here,” Mr. Otolape said.
It was not possible to reach the
Divisional Police Officer in charge of
Dopemu Police station, Mr. Adeyemi G.
Emmanuel, a Suprintendent of Police, as
he was out on a mission.
A senior police source at the station,
however, warned criminals in the area to
relocate as the DPO has vowed to make
the area very hot for them.
It would be recalled that around two
weeks ago the police at Dopemu Police
Station in Lagos, Nigeria, smashed a five-
man robbery gang at Bashoru Street in
Dopemu area and recovered guns,
laptops, phones and jewelry from the
suspects.
Source : PM News