Police said the suspects jumped off from the first floor where their apartment is located to the ground naked and escaped into the streets after sighting police officers. Robbery NigeriaPolice StopParadingSuspectsTakeThemToCourt
Two entertainers, a musician and a pianist have been arrested by the Rapid Response Squad unit of the Lagos Police Command for robbery.
The duo had on April 10, 2020, ordered an iPhone 11 Pro Max valued at N450,000:00 on an online platform, Jiji.com from their service charge apartment in Ajah and pledged to pay on delivery. Police said the suspects jumped off from the first floor where their apartment is located to the ground naked and escaped into the streets after sighting police officers.
In their confessions, Chinonso and Chimelo, who are regular performers in some Lagos night clubs separately attributed their actions to COVID 19 lockdown stressing that “during the lockdown, there was nothing going and we didn’t have anything to eat for like two – weeks. Chimelu, popularly called Apostle Swag recently resigned as a Lekki church keyboardist to pursue a career in music, said he used to have regular shows in Lagos clubs before the lockdown.
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