MONEY-IN-THE-BOOT: POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED FRAUDSTER

Emmanuel Rolland

"The suspect was arrested at about 1120hrs on Friday, July 29, 2022 along Ipakodo road after his victim raised alarm." Hundeyin, PPRO Lagos State Command.

Officers of Ipakodo division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Emmanuel Rolland 'm' aged 34 for duping unsuspecting passengers.

The suspect, according to SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO Lagos State Command,  was arrested at about 1120hrs on Friday, July 29, 2022 along Ipakodo road after his victim raised alarm. 

Investigation revealed that the suspect, alongside his conspirators (still at large) while operating in a Volkswagen Jetta saloon car, with registration number JJJ 27 DG, disguised as driver and passengers, picked unsuspecting passengers, and started discussions about some money purportedly kept in the boot.

The suspect confessed to having started this crime in January, adding that he was arrested on his sixth outing. Effort is in top gear to arrest other fleeing members of the gang and other perpetrators of such crime. 

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc has directed that the case be transferred to the headquarters for further investigations and prosecution. 

SP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra

Police Public Relations Officer,

Lagos State Command,

Ikeja-Lagos.

August 8, 2022.