The police have arrested one Ismaila Rasaq, popularly called Odia, believed to be one of the leaders of the robbery gang responsible for several attacks in Iba, Okokomaiko, Ojo and Ajangbadi area of Lagos State.
The 25 years old Rasaq is a resident of 27 Alubarika House Ajangbadi, Lagos.
His gang, said to always use motorcycles for operation, is said to attack restaurants, bars and ware shops.
According to the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos Police Command, DSP Bala Elkana, the suspect was number two in the hierarchy of leaders of Eiye confraternity ravaging Abraham Adesanya College of Education, ijanikin, and its environs.
He was said to have participated in the killing of a member of rival group at Ojo area this year in retaliation of the killing of a member of his gang.
He was quoted as having said that his cult group mostly used guns and axes in killing their victims.
He was said to have also confessed to participating in the robbery operation at a Naija Bet shop at Iba on June 11, 2019 alongside three other gang members where they dispossessed people of their handsets and money at gun point.
The CCTV footage played to him buttressed his statement as he confirmed that he was the one in the video holding a locally made shot gun, the police said.
He was said to have equally confirmed that his gang members were killed by SARS operatives during a shoot out during another robbery operation at Iba.
The suspect, the police said, had been on wanted list.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Zubairu Muazu, has ordered SARS to take over the investigation and prosecution of the suspect.
