{"id":20839,"date":"2024-11-14T14:49:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20839"},"modified":"2024-11-14T15:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T15:05:34","slug":"rrs-nabs-three-for-snatching-phones-worth-n1-92m-from-crash-victims-in-ikeja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20839","title":{"rendered":"RRS Nabs Three for Snatching Phones Worth N1.92m from Crash Victims in Ikeja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Operatives of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npf.gov.ng\/lagos\/service\/details\/16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rapid Response Squad<\/a> (RRS) last night apprehended three suspected thieves for allegedly stealing two phones from accident victims on Governor\u2019s Road, Alausa, Ikeja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The suspects, identified as Isaiah Adegbenro (38), Edet Johnson (30), and Efe Sowemimo (28), were caught just a few meters away from the accident site while attempting to flee with the stolen phones. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The victims had been traveling towards Ikeja in a red 2010 Toyota Camry when the driver lost control and crashed into a road divider near the Adeyemi Bero end of Governor\u2019s Road, Alausa, Ikeja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Instead of assisting the injured driver and occupants, the suspects reportedly took advantage of the situation by rifling through the victims\u2019 pockets and the damaged vehicle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">They made off with two high-value smartphones: an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ng\/iphone-15\/specs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 15<\/a> valued at N1,300,000 and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ng\/newsroom\/2021\/04\/apple-introduces-iphone-12-and-iphone-12-mini-in-a-stunning-new-purple\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 12<\/a> worth N620,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Alerted by the incident, <a href=\"https:\/\/lagosstate.gov.ng\/tag\/rrs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RRS officers<\/a> on patrol swiftly pursued the fleeing suspects and recovered the stolen phones from their pockets. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The operatives also assisted in getting the victims to the hospital and clearing the vehicle to prevent further obstruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The suspects have reportedly made confessions and will be charged in court today, following orders from CSP Shola Jejeloye, Commander of the Rapid Response Squad.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) last night apprehended three suspected thieves for allegedly stealing two phones from accident victims on Governor\u2019s Road, Alausa, Ikeja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9498,613,6822,419],"class_list":["post-20839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-crash-victims","tag-ikeja","tag-phones","tag-rrs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20839"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20845,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20839\/revisions\/20845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}