A woman has ended up being followed by armed
men after withdrawing a huge amount of money
in a Lagos State community. No less than four
dare-devil armed robbers on motorcycles at the
weekend struck and robbed an unidentified
woman of huge amount of money she had
withdrawn from a bank and escaped.
According to Naijapals, the incident happened at
Ikotun/Idimu Road in Ikotun area of Lagos where
the bank was located very close to a police
station.
However, the police at Ikotun Division led by CSP
Tarzan Tsav pursued the robbers and eventually
arrested one of the suspects. The three other
suspects escaped with the bag containing the
money and were still at large.
Naijapals reports that the police also recovered
one of the guns the robbers used in the
operation and a motorcycle which were kept at
the police station as exhibits.
Eyewitness account told us that the victim went
to the bank, withdrew the money and kept it
inside her bag. As she was going, unknown to
her the robbers who were probably monitoring
her right from the bank, accosted her, pointed
their gun to her face, collected the money,
jumped onto their bikes and escaped.
It was gathered that the victim raised alarm
which attracted the police who pursued the
robbers while escaping with their bikes and
eventually confronted them at Abaranje in Ikotun
area.
Naijapals reports that the three other suspects
escaped but the police succeeded in arresting
one of them and detained him at the police
station with the exhibits.
When the Ikotun Police Division was visited by
reporters, the suspect was seen detained inside
the cell and was said to have confessed to the
crime. The DPO was not around to comment on
the matter but a source at the police station
confirmed the incident. The source also said that
the suspect had given useful information that will
assist the police to arrest the other suspects
and recover the stolen money.
Meanwhile, following the incident, the Area
Commander, Area M Command, Idimu, Assistant
Commissioner of Police, ACP Augustines Akika
has given directives to all the DPOs to tighten up
security around the banks in the area to quell
such attacks especially during this festive period.
It was gathered that Akika gave the directives to
ensure that the safety of those who may want to
go to banks to make withdrawals were
protected. It was confirmed that security has
been beefed up around the banks with police
presence on surveillance.