A member of an armed robbery gang who gave his name as Afeez said
he used the proceeds he got from armed robbery to send his daughter to
school. Afeez and his partner Wasiu were apprehended recently by operatives
of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos at a checkpoint
in Mushin while on their way to an operation.
According to the police, the young men boarded a taxi at Oshodi around 11pm and were heading to Mushin when they came
across a police checkpoint. Seeing the police checkpoint ahead, they
became jittery, commanding the cab man to stop them and even tried
forcing the door open. The taxi driver suspecting that they
were criminals drove quickly to the police checkpoint where he
immediately intimated the police officers of his suspicions. A local
made gun was discovered on them. Continue...
