Surulere Division of Lagos Police has rescued four men; Babatunde Ogunsemi ‘m’ aged 48, Olatunde Ayinde ‘m’ aged 50, Oludare Olusegun ‘m’ aged 49 and Sunday Ebifega ‘m’ aged 41 from a mob for allegedly shoplifting at a supermarket in Surulere.
The suspects were rescued and thereafter arrested following the swift deployment of officers after receipt of a distress call from members of the community about the mob action.
According to the spokesperson of the state police, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were once captured on CCTV on 01/09/2022 shoplifting six bottles of Martell Blue swift cognac from the same supermarket.
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“One of the suspects, Sunday, had been previously charged to court in 2021 for shoplifting,” he said.
Hundeyin added that the suspects would be arraigned at the conclusion of an investigation.