Police operatives attached to Ikorodu Division and the local security operatives, have foiled an armed robbery attempt in a house at Elepe, Ikorodu reports The Gazelle News.com.
Both the police and local security operatives engaged the armed robbers who were operating at 41, Menulo Street in the Elepe community in a gun battle before eventually neutralising them. The incident took place early Monday, 29 March, 2021.
Two members of the robbery gang were killed in the gun duel while others escaped with gun injuries.
“The suspected armed robbers had laid a siege on the block of flats at the above address, cut the American fence wire and broke into the flats in the compound. They robbed the occupants of their belongings including laptops, phones, one PS-4, gold necklaces and wrist watches worth millions of naira.
“After the gun duel, the team assessed the scene and discovered that two of the suspected armed robbers were fatally injured and eventually gave up the ghost. Their corpses have been deposited at a public morgue for further actions.
The following items were recovered from them: two locally-made guns with four live cartridges, one big cutter, three schizles, one jack, two scissors, one apple laptop, one catapult, bank ATM cards, three black bags, wrist watches, military Camouflage and the sum of N460,650,” a statement from the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said.
The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, commended the policemen and the local security operatives for their gallantry and zeal to engage the suspected armed robbers and neutralise their operations in the area.
He also ordered that the Divisional Police Officer of Ikorodu Division and the Area Commander, Area N, Ijede-Ikorodu, to fish out other members of the syndicate and those who venture into similar criminal acts of house braking and burglary in the entire Ikorodu Division of Lagos State.
Odumosu also reiterated the command’s zeal to work with all relevant stakeholders in combating crimes and criminality in Lagos State.
