Police Sergeant busted and nabbed for arm robbery

The Lagos State Police Command
has arrested a sergeant, identified
only as Omorokai, and three others
for allegedly diverting a 20-feet
container in the Okokomaiko area
of the state.
Sergeant Omorokai, who is said to
be attached to the Striking Unit of
the Special Anti-Robbery Squad,
Ikeja, and the others, whose names
had yet to be ascertained, were
nabbed by the Okokomaiko Police
Division and another Ikeja SARS
team, while taking the container
for sale.
According to Punch, the company,
which owned the trailer, had put a
distress call across to the police that
some armed robbers attacked the
driver and the conductor.
The trailer, which had a tracking
device, was found in the
Okokomaiko area and
four suspects
– including the Sergeant – were
arrested.
A police source said that four
policemen, from the SARS, Ikeja,
were allegedly involved in the
robbery, but three of them escaped
from the scene.
He said, “What happened was that
four policemen, attached to SARS,
Ikeja, on Saturday waylaid the
trailer carrying container around
Abbatoir, Agege area. The trailer
was heading for Sagamu in Ogun
State.
“The SARS policemen, led by an
inspector, drove a Toyota Sienna
car, and they pretended to be
officers at a checkpoint.
When the driver of the trailer
stopped, they attacked and ordered
him to get out of the trailer, and
they began to drive the vehicle
towards Agege to sell the container.
“But the buyer in Agege was not
willing. They, therefore, moved to
Okokomaiko to get another buyer.
It was there that the police from the
Okokomaiko division arrested
them. The police also arrested three
others, including a supposed buyer
of the container which was laden
with auto spare parts.”
Another source said, “The police
had to block the major parts of the
Lagos-Badagry Expressway before
the suspects could be arrested.
Three police units – SARS, Safer
Highways and the Okokomaiko
division – were involved in the
operation.
“Initially, the suspects insisted they
were policemen and they had seized
the truck. But when they saw they
were going to be exposed, they
started shooting. Three of them
later escaped, while Omorokai was
arrested.
“Three other suspects were later
arrested in connection with the
robbery. A sum of N30m, said to be
proceeds from the sale, is with the
runaway policemen,” the source
added.
The Police Public Relations Officer,
SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the
incident. Investigation is on.

Source:naijaloaded