N5m falls off moving bullion van in Lagos

Men of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force), have recovered the sum of N5 million that fell-off a moving bullion van along Lagos State House of Assembly Complex, Alausa, Ikeja.

Vanguard reports that,Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force Superintendent of Police (SO), Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed that two Police officers attached to the agency recovered the money.

The two officers, Sergeant Ogunbiyi Agbabu and Inspector Eheziekia Abiona, he said recovered the money which fell off the van as it sped past the agency’s headquarters at Alausa. He therefore, implored the Police and Lagos State Government to commend the officers for their honesty and integrity.

The chairman however, requested that the owner of any bullion van that drove through the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex between November to December 2015 with missing N5 million should come forward with cogent proof of ownership.