LAGOS – THE mysterious disappearance of a notorious armed robbery suspect from a Lagos police cell has thrown the state command into confusion.
Police sources said one of the suspects, identified as Segun Egbere (aka Shaggy), an ex-convict was shot and arrested with another unidentified suspect by a senior police officer attached to the anti-robbery squad of Pedro Division after a fierce cross fire, weekend.
The two suspects were said to be on the wanted list of the police for series of robberies. It was gathered that sophisticated arms and ammunition were recovered from them, and that the suspects had since confessed to be part of the group that killed three persons at the Shomolu park of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, last week.
However, Vanguard was told that a signal for the transfer of the suspects was sent from the office of the Ops officer 1 ‘the Area H’ command headquarters Ogudu, Mr. Ibrahim Fasesan, weekend, where further investigation was supposed to commence.
But a twist was introduced into the investigation after the suspects were reported to have disappeared from the cell Saturday night when the investigative officer, IPO, who was to take them on fact finding mission the following morning arrived. Confused, the unnamed IPO was said to have reported the strange finding to the Area Commander who ordered an immediate probe.
At the time of this report, it was not clear whether the suspects said to be related to some powerful politicians in the state had been re-arrested
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