Operatives of the Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority, on Thursday, arrested a three-man ‘one probability’ gang at Jubilee Bridge within the Abule-Egba space of the state.
‘One probability’ is usually utilized in Nigeria to confer with a theft that takes place when a bunch of criminals picks up passengers in disguised industrial autos, to rob or defraud them.
The arrest was disclosed in an announcement launched by the LASTMA Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Division, Adebayo Taofiq, and shared on the company’s X deal with on Thursday.
In response to Taofiq, the robbers have been arrested by LASTMA personnel alongside their operational car, a painted ‘T4’ industrial bus with quantity plate APP 406 YE, on the U-turn space of Abule-Egba.
He wrote, “Operatives of the Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority at this time arrested three infamous ‘one probability’ armed robbers by Jubilee Bridge round Abule-Egba space of Lagos.
“Instantly they have been arrested, one among them escaped with a POS machine earlier than the arrival of the policemen.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that they have been infamous ‘one-chance’ armed robbers terrorising your complete Abule-Egba and its environs.”
The assertion added that investigations revealed that they have been being chased by members of the general public after they observed {that a} man was pushed down from their car after robbing him of his valuables.
It learn, “They drove recklessly with the intention to evade arrest earlier than they have been ultimately caught by LASTMA officers controlling and managing visitors across the Abule-Egba axis.
“The 2 suspects have been later handed over to the policemen from Ile-Epo Police Division for additional investigation.”
Within the assertion, the Normal Supervisor of LASTMA, Bakare Oki, appealed to the general public to be very vigilant and “cease boarding industrial buses by the roadside popularly known as ‘So-le’.”
Within the video posted by LASTMA on X, two of the robbers whereas being interrogated, defined how they function.
Talking in Yoruba, one among them placing on a blue shirt defined how he removes telephones from the pockets or luggage of their victims. The person sporting the black high was additionally recognized to be the motive force of the bus.
The PUNCH stories that in June 2023, the Lagos State Police Command arrested a three-man one-chance gang who had been terrorising unsuspecting commuters alongside the Oshodi-Gbagada axis of the state.