Lagos Police Raid Blackspots, Arrest Criminals

Lagos Police Raid Blackspots, Arrest Criminals

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 27 suspects in a planned raid of different blackspots in the Lagos metropolis.

The raid took place between the late hours of Thursday, February 4th, and the early hours of Friday, Feb 5^th.

This is a sequel to the commitment of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, to continually take the anti-crime fight to the dens of criminals and miscreants in the state.

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The arrest was carried out by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), being a follow up to the directive of the Commissioner of Police to the Commander, RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, to place certain spots under surveillance and dislodge the criminals hibernating in the spots especially at Ikeja, Agege and Alimosho areas of Lagos State.

The raid 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, Alausa Central Business District among others.

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Those arrested included Olajide Kolawole (26), Kehinde Ayoola (25), 20 years old Dola Abdullahi (20) Michael Ogungbade (19), and 23 others.

CP Hakeem Odumosu noted that the command will continue to intensify efforts to reduce incidences of traffic robbery, cultism, and other social vices within the state, to their barest minimum.

While commending the operatives for the successful operation, CP Hakeem Odumosu advised parents and guardians to monitor their children and wards on the company they keep as cultism and traffic robbery remain unpardonable crimes that will not be overlooked or spared as they attract stringent punishments in the law.