The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two security guards, Kingsley Okon Asuquo, 19 and Isaac Edet, 18 assigned to a Lagos lawyer, Prof. McCarty Mbadugha, from Strongcity Security Services but ended up attacking and robbing the same man that hired them for protective services.

Making the disclosure, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti stated that the Command had on October 13, 2018, at about 1730hrs, received information from a credible source that armed bandits held one Barrister Joseph Mbadugha a.k.a Prof McCarty Mbadugha, hostage in his office at JohnVic Igbanugo Street, Lekki Phase One, Lagos; that the armed men were seen wearing Strongcity Security Services uniform.

Based on the information, operatives from Maroko Police Station and FSARS Ikeja jointly mobilised to the scene. On sighting the operatives, the hoodlums ran in different directions to avoid being arrested but one of them, who gave his name as Isaac Edet was nabbed at the scene.

During interrogation, he mentioned and led detectives to arrest his partner in crime, one Kingsley Asuquo. Interestingly, both suspects were staff of Strongcity Security Services attached to the victim. The guards claimed that the victim did not pay their salaries as and when due; hence they planned with others at large to rob him.

They succeeded in dispossessing the victim of a bag containing laptop computer, cash sum of forty thousand Naira (N40, 000.00), three cheque booklets and one iPhone-6. All these items were recovered from them in the course of investigation.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, has directed the head of the Command’s Intelligence Unit to fish out the suspects at large for prosecution.

The Command hoped that this information will halt the rumour making the rounds on the social media that the lawyer was attacked by unknown assailants.