A police sergeant serving at the Oworo Police Division, Lagos State, Yakubu Aiyegba, and a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, Obosa Augustine, have been arrested for alleged robbery.
According to PUNCH, they were apprehended along with a taxi driver, Godwin George, by operatives from the Shasha Police Station.
It was learnt that Aiyegba and Augustine were notorious for raiding a hotel in Egbeda and extorting money from guests in the facility. They reportedly paraded themselves as operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Command.
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They were said to have forcefully collected a sum of N50,000 and a laptop from an unnamed guest a few weeks ago. The trio went back to the facility – Ehis Hotel – on Wednesday on another extortionate raid.
They were allegedly in the middle of the act when operatives from the Shasha division, who acted on a tip-off, stormed the hotel and picked them up. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the arrest, adding that investigations were ongoing
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