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Lagos police arrests notorious armed robber who has been terrorizing residents of Langbasa in Ajah

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber who has been terrorising residents of Langbasa Area, Ajah Lagos State.

The suspect, Fatai Ismai, 23, better known as Small, was arrested by the police with the help of some community members when he went to attack a supermarket at Folarin Bus Stop, Ajah Area on November 29, 2020.

In a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the suspect, who was confirmed to be a cultist, was arrested by the police command in 2017 for a similar offence and charged to court.

He was arrested with one locally made pistol, with some cartridges, which he claimed was procured from a man (name withheld) who is presently at large.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, who interrogated and paraded the suspect at the Command Headquarters on December 7, 2020, has ordered for a thorough investigation into the case.