Police Arrest Suspect Who Masterminded Two Robberies At MMA

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 30-year-old man believed to have been the mastermind of two robberies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja in 2012 and 2013. The suspect, Samuel Mayegun, aka Asiwaju, who claimed to be a graduate of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, was arrested in the Ikorodu area of Lagos last Thursday.

In 2012, about eight suspects stole over N400m from bureau de change operators at the airport and went for another robbery the following year and carted away N9m. Samuel Mayegun claimed to have made N45m from the robberies. He was arrested while attempting to stage another robbery at Ikorodu area of Lagos state