Read the press statement below...
In a renewed effort to rid Lagos State of criminals,
operatives of the Rapid Response Squad yesterday
arrested a dismissed police officer and one other
person for vanfalizing and stealing man - hole cover.
The suspect, Earnest Young (30),, who co
incidentally is a son of a retired Deputy
Superintendentbof Police was arrested with his
accomplice, Rasheed Tiamiyu, (20), on Eko Bridge
around 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Young hails from Yala Local Government in Cross Rivers. He
was arrested in possession of man – hole covers ,
vandalized and stolen on the Eko Bridge.
Young stated that, he and his accomplice trekked from Ijora
Under Bridge to Eko Bridge to steal the man hole cover. He
added that they were in search of food when they saw the
man – hole cover, which they planned to sell to cart
pushers.
He explained that his accomplice, Rasheed Tiamiyu, a
primary school dropout invited him into the crime, a claim
Tiamiyu promptly denied, stressing that, ‘Young, rather, was
the one who invited him into the crime.
‘He insisted " we steal the cover even when I protested that
we leave it and that was why the cover was found in his
hand. The entire plan was all his idea’, ".
Tiamiyu maintained that "despite the fact that cover was
very heavy, Young insisted in stealing it with the plan to
resell it to scrap metal buyers the following day" .
‘Both of us work as load carriers in Ijora. We sleep in Ijora
park. We had no money to feed ourselves and he requested
that go to a party in Isale Eko, and that on our way we would
pick up the man – hole cover to sell to cart pushers’,
Tiamiyu added.
Tiamiyu further stated that, he came from Plateau to Lagos
in search of work but since he came to Lagos, he has been
homeless and struggling to survive as well as living in parks
and under bridges.
Confirming the arrest of the suspects, the Commander of
the Rapid Response Squad, Assistant Commissioner of
Police, ACP Olatunji Disu noted that the actions of the
suspects posed a great danger to road users, adding that
uncovered man – hole can cause accident, particularly at
night.
He also advised parents to monitor the activities of their
wards, warning that Lagos would not be a breeding ground
for criminals.
The suspects have been charged to court.
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