Governor Sanwo-Olu Rescues Motorist From Highway Robbers, Reads Riot Act

By Akinwale Kasali

If not for the swift intervention of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, a motorist would have been dispossessed of his car and other valuables by highway robbers.

The Lagos State Governor was driving alongside his convoy with security operatives, when it apprehended three persons for attempting to rob a motorist on a highway in the state.

The incident reportedly occurred as the governor was passing through the Ojota highway.

The suspects were said to be attempting to dispossess a motorist of his vehicle, when the convoy of the governor arrived the scene.

The robbers were wielding cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, targeted at their victim, but the timely intervention of the Governor saved the day.

In a statement issued by the State Government on the incident, it reads: “The war against criminality in Lagos State has gone a notch higher as the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, personally arrested a gang of suspected criminals, which specialises in harassing motorists and road users in traffic.

“The gang of suspected criminals met their waterloo on Monday while attempting to unleash terror on a motorist around Ojota in-bound Alausa. Help however came for the motorist as Governor Sanwo-Olu’s convoy approached the scene to rescue him from the three machete-wielding criminals who were at the time, trying to forcefully drag him out of his vehicle.

“The security personnel attached to the Governor swooped on the suspects, retrieved the dangerous weapons from them and arrested the three of them.”

In photos of the incident released by the state, the Governor was seen addressing the robbers, before they were taken away by security operatives.

The State Governor, thereafter read a riot act, stating its determination to quash criminality in the State saying his government has a zero tolerance for robbery.