Eugene Agha
13 November 2009
Lagos — Police detectives attached to Federal Anti-Robbery Squad (FSAR), have arrested a 17-man armed robbery gang that specialises in stealing exotic vehicles in Lagos, Abuja and some other big cities in the country.
It also traced their buyers to neighbouring countries, including Cameroon and Chad.
Those arrested include, two Cameroonians whoseresponsibility it is to ferry the cars from their hide out inIbadan, and Akure.
Several exotic cars, foreign and locally made guns, computers, jeweleries and GSM handsets believed to have been snatched from victims at gun point were recovered in the process.
Members of the gang are alleged to be among robbers who shot and killed the Officer in charge of Ekiti State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Mr Muhhamed Manura and two of his men, for allegedly offending their boss who is presently on the run.
A 45-year-old woman popularly called Alhaja, who was alleged to tbe their armourer, was also arrested in Ibadan.
Commissioner of Police, Federal Police Special Anti-RobberySquad (FSARS), Mr.Jubril Adeniji, while parading the suspects yesterday in Lagos, said efforts were on to arrest other members of the gang in Cameroon and Chad.
He said an official letter would be sent to INTERPOL, to facilitate the arrest of all those indicted.
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Should we at last begin to think that some of the agencies responsible for strategic national objectives are becoming more efficient ? New blood in the Central Bank which has overwhelmed all of us , recent nationalist propostion by Trade Union to deal with endemic foreign oil companies and their relentless exploitation of the nation in cohut with hopelessly dum Nigerian counterparts who have been identified as being constantly "recyled " over the years by the the Trade Union. That was a powerful voice at last. With these come the active police force whose announement to have penetrated the den of the mafia underworld in the country should give citizens new hope .
All of these , tricle steps as they may be , give reason to hope that this nation will one day get to become safe, secure and take it's position as a great nation we all can be proud of . It all start from the head .