The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two members of a robbery gang for allegedly attacking a polythene producing company in Alibaba, in the Isashi area of the state, stealing a raw material evaluated at N6.4m.
The suspects are 42-year-old Moruf Afolabi and one Saheed Adeoti, a new worker of the company.
A policeman, identified simply as Tunde, aka Agbo, reportedly escorted a truck containing 220 bags of the stolen raw material to the Mangoro area of the state, where they were sold.
The suspects were arrested sometime in September 2016, three weeks after they attacked the company, Alphabet Packaging Nigeria Limited.
It was learnt that the gang members had gone to the company around 7am on Sunday, August 14, and told a security guard at the gate that they were directed by the manager to collect the raw material.
The guard reportedly insisted that they called the manager on the phone so he could confirm the directive.
When the robbers realised their ploy would not work, they reportedly resorted to force.
A police prosecutor, Inspector Benedict Aigbokhan, arraigned the duo before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday on two counts of armed robbery.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs. O. Olanipekun, did not take the plea of the defendants.
She ordered that the case file be forwarded to the Directorate of the Public Prosecutions for advice.
The case was adjourned till October 21, 2016, for legal advice.
The suspects are 42-year-old Moruf Afolabi and one Saheed Adeoti, a new worker of the company.
A policeman, identified simply as Tunde, aka Agbo, reportedly escorted a truck containing 220 bags of the stolen raw material to the Mangoro area of the state, where they were sold.
The suspects were arrested sometime in September 2016, three weeks after they attacked the company, Alphabet Packaging Nigeria Limited.
It was learnt that the gang members had gone to the company around 7am on Sunday, August 14, and told a security guard at the gate that they were directed by the manager to collect the raw material.
The guard reportedly insisted that they called the manager on the phone so he could confirm the directive.
When the robbers realised their ploy would not work, they reportedly resorted to force.
A police prosecutor, Inspector Benedict Aigbokhan, arraigned the duo before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday on two counts of armed robbery.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs. O. Olanipekun, did not take the plea of the defendants.
She ordered that the case file be forwarded to the Directorate of the Public Prosecutions for advice.
The case was adjourned till October 21, 2016, for legal advice.