Super Woman!! Female Police Officer Disarms 2 Armed Robbers In Lagos [See Photo]

Sergeant Mercy John, a female police officer
serving at the Provost Office of the Lagos State
Police Command in Ikeja, on Tuesday
displayed an uncommon courage, when she
disarmed two suspected armed robbers in
Egbeda area of the state.

Daily Independent gathered that the two
robbers had at about 6pm stormed her
compound, located at Tawakalitu Close Shasha,
Egbeda, Lagos in a motorbike.

According to residents of the area, the robbers
had ordered her to handover her handbag
containing an undisclosed sum of money, her
handset and other valuable items to them.
One of the suspected robbers was said to have
brought out a locally made gun, corked it and
threatened to shoot the officer.


The Sergeant was said to have gallantly
grabbed the neck of the gun and in the
ensuring drama that followed, hit the head of
the suspect against a nearby wall.
After crashing the suspect’s head on the wall,
the two suspects, out of panic were forced to
flee the scene of the incident without robbing
the police officer.

Kenneth Nwosu, Lagos police image maker,
while confirming the incident, said that
Kayode Aderanti, the State Police

Commissioner, who was full of praises for the
female officer, has briefed Suleiman Abba, the
Inspector General of Police, who instructed
that recommendations for outstanding
bravery should be given to the officer.

The recommendations are to encourage other
serving police officers to exhibit gallantry,
while facing difficult crime situations.