An ex-convict, 23-year-old Taiwo Sunmomu, has been re-arrested for armed robbery about four months after he was released from prison for committing a similar offence. This is just as the police in the state have begun investigations into how a robbery victim recovered a locally-made pistol from a gang of armed robbers that attacked and robbed him. The ex-convict and some members of his gang had invaded Ijanikin area of the state and were robbing residents before he was arrested by the police. But other members of the gang escaped.”Adejobi also stated that “the suspect has confessed to the crime and other crimes he had participated in. He also restated his commitment to consistently decimate the activities of criminals and hoodlums in the state as all hands are on deck to have effective policing of Lagos State.

Source: Nigerian Tribune March 14, 2021 16:52 UTC