Lagos police arrest two for stealing in warehouse

Etim Ekpimah

Police operatives attached to Ojo Division of the Lagos State Police Command, on April 8, 2021, around 1.50 pm, apprehended two suspects for breaking into the warehouse of one Mr Chidi Okonkwo at Shop C1, Ifelodun Section, Alaba Market, Lagos State, stealing goods worth N3,000,000.

The suspects, Nnanji Emmanuel, ‘m’, 33, of Jakande Street, Ajamgbadi, Lagos and Christian Chukwu, ‘m’, 32, of Ilaje Area, Ajamgbadi, Lagos, broke into the warehouse, stole the goods and called on a carrier (labourer) in the market, Bashiru Bala, ‘m’, to assist in evacuating the goods before Bashiru, who knows the owner of the warehouse.

Bashiru was said to have called the owner’s attention to the theft. The owner raced to the warehouse in company of some market security men and the police, who arrested the suspects. The stolen items were recovered from them.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Friday.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, urged Lagosians to be their brother’s keeper and protect their lives and property against theft and malicious damage as the concept of esprit de corps must be exhibited to defend one another in our society.

Odumosu also reiterated his commitment to incorporate every stakeholder and sector into the security architecture of Lagos State for better protection of lives and property and general safety of the state.