POLICE ARREST TWO SUSPECTS FOR ALLEGEDLY ROBBING SKIT MAKER

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The Lagos State Police Command arrested two suspects, Sunday Osagie and Ayodele Adeolu, for allegedly robbing a skitmaker, Ekwutousi Philo.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Rapid Response Squad unit of the Lagos Police Command and shared on its Facebook page on Tuesday

According to the statement, Philo posted a video on October 20 that went viral, stating that she was robbed by police officers in the Alapere area of Ketu, Lagos State.

As a response to the video, the RRS squad swung into action and arrested Osagie, a dismissed spy/mechanic and his accomplice, 45-year-old Adeolu.

ā€œBased on a viral video from a skit maker, Ekwutousi Philo, alleging that she was robbed on 20th October 2023 along Ketu ā€“ Alapere Highway by some policemen, the Decoy Team of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has arrested Sunday Osagie, 31, who was captured in a video with the skit maker.

ā€œAlso arrested with the suspect is Ayodele Adeolu, 45, while a ā€˜koropeā€™ with the registration number LA 910 FST and a Toyota Yaris Verso with the registration number FST 656 JD have been recovered.

ā€œSunday Osagie was a Spy/Mechanic employed by the Lagos State Government in May 2011. He was dismissed from Lagos State Public Service and de-kitted in April 2023 for ā€œAbsence from duty for six months without permission, illegal duties and extortion of money from innocent citizensā€ after facing Personnel Management Board (PMB).ā€

The statement disclosed further that the suspects and exhibits have been transferred to the Lagos Police Command for further investigations.

ā€œCommander Rapid Response Squad, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, has directed that the suspects and the recovered vehicles be transferred to the State Command for further investigations,ā€ the statementĀ concluded.

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