Lagos State Police Command has arrested 27 suspects at different black spots, in a planned raid targeted at dislodging suspected criminals and hoodlums in the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed in a statement that the raid was carried out between the late hours of Thursday, February 4 and early hours of Friday, February 5, 2021.
The PPRO said the raid came with the resolve of the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, to continually take anti-crime fight to the dens of the law breakers.
He added that in follow-up to the directive of the police commissioner, the raid was carried out by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), as certain spots were put under surveillance to dislodge the criminals hibernating in such areas, especially at Ikeja, Agege and Alimosho.
The raid, Adejobi stated further, was also extended to Ile Zik, Dopemu Under Bridge, Shasha, Orisumbare, Iyana – Ipaja Underbridge, Ile – Epo, Abule Egba, Isokoko, Alfa Nla, Capitol Road, Akilo, Marketing and Alausa Central Business District, among others.
The arrested suspects were identified as Olajide Kolawole (26), Kehinde Ayoola (25), Dola Abdullahi (20), Michael Ogungbade (19), with 23 others.
The PPRO said that Odumosu gave the assurance that the command would continue to intensify efforts to reduce incidences of traffic robbery, cultism and other social vices within the state, to the barest minimum.
The state police boss also commended the operatives for the successful operation, while he advised parents and guardians to monitor their children and wards and the company they keep, as cultism and traffic robbery remain unpardonable crimes that attract stringent punishments in the law.
