At about 11.30pm on Monday, July 21, policemen from the Victoria
Island Police Division had a shootout with two suspected armed robbers along
Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. Eventually, the policemen were
able to arrest the two suspects and recover arms and ammunition. The Lagos
State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, had said the robbery case
would be investigated thoroughly at the State Criminal Investigations
Department, Yaba. PUNCH Metro gathered that the robbery incident was just one
of many on the Lagos Island. A police source said the area was one of the many
black spots on the Island that the state command was trying to rid of crime.
The source, who declined to name all the black spots on the Island for security
reason, however, identified Kuramo Beach, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue and Wole
Olateju Street in Lekki Phase 1 as a few of the areas marked by the police as
crime-prone areas. It was gathered that the Kuramo beach area was notorious for
car snatching, while the beach itself was a hideout for robbers and other
miscreants. Our correspondent also learnt that the long stretch of the bar
beach which bordered the Atlantic City was another haven for criminal elements
in the state. The police source said, The whole area is a cover at night for
miscreants to rob unsuspecting pedestrians and motorists. For example, about
three weeks ago, no fewer than 50 suspects were raided at the Bar Beach area by
the Victoria Island Police Division during a patrol.
Punch Newspaper
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