Two security guards with Ashaka Security
Company (ASCO) were among the nine armed robbery suspects arrested
while allegedly attempting to break into a warehouse on Oba Akran Way,
Ikeja, Lagos.
The suspects identified as Aliyu Salisu,
22, and Abubakar Audu, allegedly connived with a seven-man armed
robbery gang led by one Olanrewaju to carte away drugs worth millions of
naira.
The suspects were alleged to have put sleeping pills in parks of drinks they gave to some of the colleagues on duty before the operation started.
One of the suspects, who identified himself as Ejiki Ehirim, said he bought M and B 76 and Tarazo tablets from the gang last year at N400,000
“I was approached by Olanrewaju of their intention to rob May and Baker, but I warned him against it because I felt it was a set up on the part of one of the security guards. I was surprised when they came to my shop with policemen to arrest me, because I advised them against it,” he said.
Parading the suspects before journalists yesterday at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ngozi Braide said they were arrested based on an intelligence report received from the company’s security department. She added that two trucks loaded with stolen drugs were recovered from the suspects.
The suspects were alleged to have put sleeping pills in parks of drinks they gave to some of the colleagues on duty before the operation started.
One of the suspects, who identified himself as Ejiki Ehirim, said he bought M and B 76 and Tarazo tablets from the gang last year at N400,000
“I was approached by Olanrewaju of their intention to rob May and Baker, but I warned him against it because I felt it was a set up on the part of one of the security guards. I was surprised when they came to my shop with policemen to arrest me, because I advised them against it,” he said.
Parading the suspects before journalists yesterday at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ngozi Braide said they were arrested based on an intelligence report received from the company’s security department. She added that two trucks loaded with stolen drugs were recovered from the suspects.
From; Daily Trust
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