Two suspected armed robbers have been arrested on the Long Bridge along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while robbing motorists.
The suspects who were arrested on Friday are 27 years old Ibrahim Nura, an indigine of Kebbi State and Isaac Kyegh from Benue State.
According to the Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, both suspects are resident at Kara area of Isheri, Ogun State.
They were attacking one Agoro Adebayo and Olalekan Toheeb whose vehicle had a mechanical fault on the Long Bridge, and were trying to rectify the fault.
The suspected robbers were said to have suddenly come out from under the bridge and threatened the duo with knife and cutlass so as to dispossess them of their valuables.
In the process, the patrol team from Warewa division led by the DPO SP Afeniforo Folake who were on routine patrol on the bridge met them in the act.
On sighting the policemen, the suspects took to their heels and jumped under the bridge, but they were hotly chased and apprehended right under the bridge where they had turned to their hideout
A jackknife was recovered from them.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, for discreet investigation and prosecution.
