The arrested suspects are Fred Okuno, a 43-year-old resident of Lagos; Lucky Michael, a 33-year-old from Delta State; and Adedigba Segun, a 26-year-old from Ibadan, Oyo State.

The Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, confirmed the suspects’ arrests during a press briefing on Monday at the Command’s headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos. He credited their apprehension to a thorough police investigation.

Owohunwa said, “Through painstaking intelligence and investigative activities which brought out the best in the capacity of Lagos Police Command, we have succeeded in arresting the syndicate of the robbery and murder.

The three suspects directly involved in the robbery and murder were arrested with three firearms, including the killer weapon, recovered.”

The police command successfully seized several items from the suspects, including:

– One brand new pistol with three rounds of live ammunition.

– One Beretta pistol with three rounds of live ammunition.

– One locally made cut-to-size pistol with six live cartridges.

– Six expended cartridges.

– Military gear, which included a military camouflage vest, jungle hat, and jungle boot.

– A red Honda CRV.

PUNCH Metro reported that the syndicate was suspected to be working for a foreign criminal gang, that is headed by one “Alhaji,” residing in Kwara State, who targets imported fairly used cars.

“He was stopped because he was driving a Tokunbo. I stopped his car because it had no number plate. I shot at him twice because he was shouting. I didn’t plan to shoot the man, the gun fired by itself,” Lucky said.