The spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday.
He said the Rapid Response Squad tracked and arrested the suspects.
He said the gang leader, Sheriff Owolabi, had been on the wanted list of the Police as his gang had robbed and killed one Temitope on August 19 at Ojodu Berger, Lagos.
“His confession to the crime led the police to arrest another gang member, Ibrahim Gambo at the Ibafo area of Ogun.
“It was revealed that the suspects took the robbed car to Ibadan and disposed of it to a suspected receiver who came from Cotonou, Benin Republic.
“The suspect had confessed to a series of car snatching in Lagos. He also confessed that the cars were sold to the same buyer called Alhaji from Cotonou,” he said.
He added that one Sheriff Olakunle was also arrested in Mushin for helping the suspects to sell the stolen phones in the area.
He said the suspects also led the police to the POS operator who assisted the robbers in cashing the money transferred from the victim’s account.
Hundeyin said Owolabi and his gang had allegedly surrounded their victim on November 14 at about 10 pm, as she was about to leave her office in Oregun, Ikeja.
The state PPRO said the suspects allegedly dragged the woman into her Toyota car with Reg. No. BWR 49 DE and drove off.
Hundeyin said the suspects allegedly forced the woman to transfer about N3.2 million from her account into another account provided by the suspects, who also robbed her of her phones.
He said after collecting her money and other items, the suspects drove her to Kara Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, and pushed her out of the vehicle.
Hundeyin said an investigation was ongoing to arrest the suspected receiver of the stolen items.
PUNCH Online reports that the Lagos State Command’s operatives arrested four persons for allegedly robbing road users in traffic along the Ojota area of the state, as disclosed in a statement by Hundeyin on Tuesday.
Hundeyin stated that the suspects were arrested following a tip-off received from one of the victims who alerted men of the Rapid Response Squad who immediately swung into action, trailed the suspects, and arrested three on Sunday while the fourth suspect was arrested on Monday.
NAN
