Traffic Robbery Kingpin Arrested At Mile 2 Lagos (Photo)

Operatives of Lagos State Police
Command have arrested Monday Ubi
for allegedly robbing a passenger in
traffic.

Ubi, described as a “traffic robbery
kingpin” was arrested at Mile 2 by
the Response Squad (RRS) following
the victim, Orji Ogbonnaya’s distress
call.

Ubi was said to have removed
N28,000 from Ogbonnaya’s pocket
inside a Festac Town-bound bus.
Ogbonnaya told the police that Ubi,
who sat beside him, stylishly removed
the money.

Ogbonnaya said: “I boarded a bus to
Mile 2 from Oshodi. On getting to
Toyota, the suspect came in because
there were still spaces in the bus.
I didn’t have an inkling that he had a
mission. I adjusted a bit from him
and he also did making him closer to
me.

When I noticed that he had removed
the money from my pocket after I
touched my thigh, I pretended as if
nothing had happened. Then I started
looking if I could see any police
patrol vehicle.

“When we reached Mile 2, he wanted
to alight from the bus but I held his
trousers. As we alighted from the bus,
I called the attention of the RRS
patrol team I saw around.

“Unknown to me, he had passed the
money to one of his gang members.
But when the police surrounded us, a
man dropped the money on the road
and ran away.

It was when the suspect was being
taken to the police headquarters that
he confessed stealing my money and
passing it to his partner.”

Ogbonnaya thanked the policemen
for helping him to recover his money.
The suspect, who lives at Olutimeyin
Street, Ayobo-Ipaja, said he is a
member of the syndicate operating in
Mile 2, Ajegunle and environs.

“I used to sell second-hand clothes at
Kantangwa market along Lagos-
Abeokuta expressway.

One of my customers introduced me
to robbery. He taught me how to pick
pockets without people’s knowledge.
I intentionally sat beside him in the
bus because we know our victims.

This is not my first time.
I have been in this profession for
almost two years. I want the
government to forgive me now that I
know there is no gain in stealing,”
Ubi said.

RRS Commander Olatunji Disu, an
Assistant Commissioner of Police
(ACP), said the squad was committed
to free Lagos from any criminal acts.