Ex-Convict Re-arrested For Robbery Four Months After Prison Release
The suspect has confessed to the crime and other crimes he had participated in. After the arrest, one locally-made pistol and live ammunition were recovered from him.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 14, 2021
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have re-arrested a robbery suspect four months after he was released from Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
The suspect, Taiwo Sunmonu, 23, was arrested while he and his gang members were allegedly robbing unsuspecting Lagosians at Ajayi Street, Oto Awori in Ijannikin.
The statement read, “The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Taiwo Sunmonu, m, 23, on 13th March, 2021 at 11.30 pm, for armed robbery after he was released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in November 2020, having served a five-year jail term.
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Robbery suspect
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Taiwo Sunmonu for alleged armed robbery after he was released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in November, 2020, having served a five-year jail term.
The suspect was arrested by the police operatives attached to Ijaninkin division, while responding to a distress call as the suspect and his gang members were allegedly robbing unsuspecting Lagosians at Ajayi Street, Oto Awori, Ijannikin, in Lagos State. Other members of the gang were said to have escaped.
“The suspect has confessed to the crime and other crimes he had participated in. After the arrest, one locally-made pistol and live ammunition were recovered from him,” Lagos State police spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi said.
Ex-convict arrested during robbery in Lagos
Deji Lambo
Published 15 March 2021
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested an ex-convict, Taiwo Sunmonu, for allegedly dispossessing unsuspecting members of the public of their valuables in the Ijanikin area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Sunday that Sunmonu was recently released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, adding that a locally-made pistol was recovered from him following his arrest.
He said, “The Lagos State Police Command arrested one Taiwo Sunmonu, 23, on Saturday, March 13, 2021, around 11.30pm, for armed robbery after he was released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in November 2020, having served a five-year jail term.
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