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A young armed robbery suspect 25, has told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command how his gang robbed about 35 Automated Teller Machine users early mornings in Alaba Rago area of Lagos,  the police said. Gbenga Babatunde, who was arrested after a failed bid to rob a lady who withdrew an unspecified amount of money around 5:48 a.m. at an ATM point in Alaba Rago Market, was chased by the operatives patrolling the area, and they recovered a ‘cut-to-size’ locally made short gun with two live cartridges from him, the police said. The police said the suspect had an accomplice caled Samson Baba Ramadan, 28, who managed to escape after the botched operation. “We have robbed about 35 people together. We would have gotten to the ATM point by 4:00 a.m. We would hide inside the shop that is not open beside the ATM point.” The suspect said as soon as a potential victim withdraws money, they would accost him or her, collect the money and escape. “