Gov Sanwo-Olu turns security man as he apprehends three suspected criminals in Lagos

By Yusuf Adua

Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Saneo-Olu apprehended three persons for attempting to rob a motorist on a highway in the state on Monday.

NewsLive Nigeria gathered that the hero-governor alongside his convoy drove along the Ojota highway when some suspected robbers attempted to expropriate a motorist of his vehicle.

Confirming the incident, a statement by the Lagos State Government released yesterday reads:

“The war against criminality in Lagos State has gone a notch higher as the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, personally arrested a gang of suspected criminals, which specialises in harassing motorists and road users in traffic”.

“The gang of suspected criminals met their waterloo Monday morning while attempting to unleash terror on a motorist around Ojota in-bound Alausa. Help however came for the motorist as Governor Sanwo-Olu’s convoy approached the scene to rescue him from the three machete-wielding criminals who were at the time, trying to forcefully drag him out of his vehicle”.

The security personnel attached to the Governor swooped on the suspects, retrieved the dangerous weapons from them, and arrested the three of them, ”the statement added.