In its bid to tackle crimes and criminality in Lagos State, particularly traffic robbery, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has reiterated the command's strategies to suppress, raid and arrest hoodlums at the identified areas/hideouts across the state.
This was contained in a press release signed by the Lagos Police relations offficer, Muyiwa Adejobi.
Regularly, the command has been arresting traffic
robbers who terrorize and dispossess innocent people of their belongings in the
state while many of them are being kept at bay due to the consistency and
commitment of the command in tackling the menace and other forms of criminality
in the state.
In furtherance of the command's anti crime measures,
the police operatives attached to the Strike Team of the Command, on 1st May,
2021, at 2pm, arrested eleven (11) suspected cultists and traffic robbers who
were attacking and dispossessing innocent people of their belongings at Railway
Crossing, Ikeja Along, Ikeja-Lagos.
The operatives who responded to a distress call from
one of the victims (name withheld), raced to the area and arrested some of the
suspects in action while others were arrested at their hideouts around Ikeja
Along. They have confessed to the crime. The suspects also revealed that they
attack their targets with iron rods, guns, cutlasses and charms during
operation.
In the course of police investigation, the suspects
revealed one of their receivers, one Idris Adamu, 42 year, who was immediately
arrested at Alade Market, Lagos State. A gold necklace of one of the victims
and many other suspected stolen items like phones, necklaces, watches etc were
recovered from him.
Other victims of their robbery operation on the said date have been identified and assisting the police in their investigation.
The police operatives are presently interrogating the
suspects in order to extract more information on their mode of operations,
membership and accomplices so as to apprehend other members of the gang and
those who conspire with them in committing the dastardly act in the area and
across the state.
The suspects are Sadiq Masaki, 22, Oladimeji
Olatunbosun, 24, Adam Hassan, 21, Tunde Afolayan, 24, Michael Ademola, 22, Olamide Johnson, 20, Abiodun Opeyemi, 22, Oluseyi Agbaje, 21,
Daniel Ayomide, 20 and Adebayo Tobi, 21.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem
Odumosu, has ordered that the Strike Team profiles the suspects and go after
their gang members and conspirators as the command will not spare anyone who
engages in any act of criminality, no matter its magnitude.
The Police boss also directed that the Commander RRS, the Commander Taskforce and other tactical Commanders should sectorise the state for easy operation and get rid of traffic robbers and other criminals in order to accord perfect and excellent service delivery as well as effective security to all and sundry in Lagos State.
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