Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers, Segun Adeyemi, 32, and Abayomi Ajayi, 24, while they were allegedly attacking residents around the Shoprite Ikeja and Maryland axis.

In a statement on Thursday, the command spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, said operatives of the Ikeja Division responded swiftly to a distress call on 29 September around 7:15 p.m.

She explained that the suspects, part of a three-man gang operating on a motorcycle, were trailed and apprehended. But a third member was said to have escaped. The motorcycle used in the operation was recovered as evidence.

"Preliminary investigation revealed that the gang came from Mushin to carry out their criminal activities in Ikeja b...