The Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Dedicated Police Patrol Team, have foiled a car snatching operation by a gang of armed robbers.
The team is part of the security arm of the company set up to complement the efforts of security agents at tackling crimes especially at the Lekki/Ajah/Epe axis.
DAILY POST was informed that one of the robbers was nabbed while attempting to snatch a Toyota Camry with registration number EPE 685 CP at gun point at Oniru intersection on Lekki-Epe Expresssway.
The team, led by Inspector Adebisi Abraham, had responded to a distress call that a gang of robbers was operating at Oniru intersection.
Operatives swung into action and sighted the three robbers in the car of the victim, Joseph Mican, a resident of Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah.
The robbers were in the process of strangling Mican with a cable.
As operatives moved closer to the scene, two of the robbers escaped while one was arrested.
The suspect, Oday Francis, a resident of Igbo Efon, was arrested with the cable used for the offence.
The suspected robber has been handed over to the Maroko Police Division for further investigation and possible prosecution.
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