Police Nabs Airport Taxi Passenger For Attempted Car Theft In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 35-year-old passenger who tried to snatch an airport taxi from a driver after a hot chase.
Spokesperson of the command, Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that the case was reported to the Alausa Police Division on June 11 at about 1:40 a.m. by the taxi driver.
Hundeyin relayed that the driver,
while on driving service in the Chevron area of Ajah, at about 1:20 a.m. on June 11, was stopped by the suspect, pretending to be a passenger.
Quoting the taxi driver, Hundeyin said the suspect requested that he take him to the shrine in Agidigbi, Alausa area of Ikeja, and on conclusion on the fare, they both started the journey to the destination.
“On getting to the Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, by 7UP Alausa Ikeja, the suspect, who was sitting beside him, suddenly brought out a knife from his bag and attacked him in an attempt to snatch his Toyota Camry car.
“In the process, the driver sustained a deep knife cut on his hand while trying to struggle with the suspect.
“He quickly raised an alarm, and some good Nigerians came to his rescue, while the suspect took to his heels.
”However, after a hot chase, he was later arrested by Anti-Crime team of Alausa police division,” he said.
The Police PRO however, disclosed that the suspect has been taken to the station with the car as exhibit, while investigation was ongoing.
In another development, a 28-year-old man who had been parading himself as military personnel with the uniform of a friend serving in Maiduguri was arrested for impersonation.
Hundeyin said that the fake soldier was arrested last Friday at about 5:45 p.m. by operatives from Ilemba Hausa Division while on surveillance patrol at Jinadu Street, Ajangbadi.
He said that the suspect was fully dressed in a complete army camouflage uniform and riding a black unregistered motorcycle when he was arrested.
The spokesperson said that on sighting the policemen, the suspect abandoned the motorcycle and took to his heels, but the officers gave him a chase and arrested him.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is not a soldier, and the army camouflage uniform belongs to his friend, who is a military personnel serving in Maiduguri,” he said. (NAN)
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