Man 39 arrested for stealing policeman‘s I.D. card

On wednesday, a 39-year-old man, Clement Chidi in Kirikiri Correctional Centre was arrested for robbing a policeman, Cpl. Joel Samaila of his identity card. The police prosecutor, Insp. Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 6 at Apapa Road, Ebute-Meta, Lagos. The defendant who is being tried for armed robbery was said to be with the possession of a knife during the robbery. The defendant approached the complainant, pointed the knife at him, snatched his ID card and ran away. “He was later apprehended and taken to the station,’’ the prosecutor told the court. He said that the offence violated Section 297 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.