Police Foil Christmas Day Robbery Attempt In Lagos, Arrest Three Suspects

Three members of a suspected armed robbery gang that broke into the state’s Safejo neighborhood of Amukoko during the Christmas holiday have been taken into custody by Lagos State Police Command operations.

On Christmas Day, Olanrewaju Ishola, the state commissioner of police, sent police officers to the neighborhood to stop the arrested suspects and other individuals still at large from robbing Amukoko people.

On Friday, December 27, 2024, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, issued a statement confirming the arrest.

“In furtherance of the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, to commands and formations to implement unalloyed anti-crime strategies towards ensuring adequate safety and security during this festive period, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force across several states in the country have successfully apprehended multiple groups of armed robbers, cultists and hoodlums targeting fun seekers and engaging in gangsterism during the Christmas celebrations,” he stated.

“On the 25th of December 2024, at about 1 am, police operatives attached to the Lagos State Command received a distress call that a group of hoodlums armed with dangerous weapons was operating around the Safejo area of Amukoko, Lagos State.”

“The swift response by the police operatives to the scene led to the arrest of three of the suspected hoodlums, identified as Emmanuel Okoli (20 years), Ogunde Tejiri (20 years), and Emmanuel Orji (18 years), and the recovery of the weapons they had used in carrying out robbery attacks on innocent fun seekers in the area.

“The police have initiated intensified searches to apprehend the fleeing members of the gang.”