BUSTED!!! 2 Fake Soldiers Arrested For Hijacking Petrol Tanker In Lagos

Two individuals from a group which purportedly captured a truck conveying 40,000 liters of petroleum have been captured by the Lagos State Police Command.

The captured suspects have been recognized as 37-year-old Charles Obilomo and 35-year-old Osita Onyeka and it was accumulated that four different individuals from the posse which commandeered the DAF truck by catching the driver at an awful spot on the Mile-2 Oshodi road on December 28, got away with shot injuries.

The truck’s driver, 42-year-old Muhammadu Mande and his 34-year-old conductor Lawal Usman were supposedly kept in another vehicle with four different individuals from the group at weapon point and were making a beeline for an obscure goal before they were caught by a police watch group at Itire.

Lagos State’s police representative, Bala Elkana revealed that the capture was affected after police agents from Itire Division drove by the Divisional Police Officer, SP Barkfur Kromkyes were warned by a solid source.

He said;

“The two suspects in police custody, Charles Obllomo and Osita Onyeka took possession of the truck. The driver and his conductor were sandwiched by the four men in military uniform in the Toyota Corolla. The truck was driving behind the Toyota Corolla and heading to an unknown destination before it was intercepted by the Police.

“According to the driver, he initially thought the hijackers were military men on stop and search duty until they started beating him and his conductor and threatened to kill them if they refuse to follow their orders. The two suspects were arrested in the truck and taken to the station. The four suspects in military uniforms escaped with bullet wounds after a fierce battle with the police. The truck and the Toyota Corolla were recovered and moved to the police station.

“Two pairs of vehicle plate numbers and military caps were recovered in the Corolla. The truck containing the PMS was handed over to the owner, Sani Samaila.”