A police sergeant, identified as Yusuf
Bello, and an accomplice, Idowu Badmus, have been detained by the police
in Lagos State for allegedly snatching motorcycles and selling them in
the Iyana Iba area of the state.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Bello,
who is attached to the Itire Police Division, was arrested on Monday by
the Igando Police Division after a victim, identified only as Aramide,
reported that he was robbed of his motorcycle at Iyana School bus stop
on the Lagos State University-Iyana Iba Road.
Our correspondent gathered that the
police had recovered three stolen motorcycles from the sergeant and his
accomplice, while the buyer and a motor mechanic had also been detained.
Aramide had reportedly identified his motorcycle among the three recovered by the police.
Our correspondent learnt that on Sunday
at about 1pm, the sergeant, who wore a black police T-shirt, and his
accomplice, Badmus, who was in mufti, had accosted Aramide, at the Iyana
School bus stop.
The suspects, who also came on a
motorcycle, were said to have slapped Aramide, and ordered him to come
down from the motorcycle.
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