The Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants of
the Lagos State Police Command has arrested 86 suspects for cultism and violent
attacks carried out in the Ikorodu area of the state.
In a statement issued by the state Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, he said the strike force effected
the arrests based on credible intelligence.
According to him, “The Special Strike Force on
Social Miscreants established by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem
Odumosu, has arrested 21 cult suspects at Adamo community in Imota.
“The suspects, who belong to two rival cult groups,
Aye and Eiye confraternities, mobilised from Emure and Adamo communities to
unleash terror on residents of Adamo
community and environs in the state.
“The arrest was carried out in a joint operations
with operatives from Imota Police Station, Rapid Response Squad, Special Anti-Robbery
Squad and Area N Command.
“This is a follow up to the operation carried out
at Ijede where 65 cult suspects were arrested. Eleven assorted pistols of
different calibre with large quantity of ammunition were also recovered from
the suspects.
“The suspects confessed to be responsible for
series of violent attacks, murder and armed robbery incidents recorded in
Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The suspects will be charged to court.
“The commissioner of police further reaffirmed the
commitment of the command to address the menace of cultism and youth
gangsterism in Lagos State.”
In another development, three traffic robbery
suspects and two others, who specialise in stealing vehicles in church, were
also arrested by operatives of Ipaja Anti-traffic Robbery Patrol.
The suspects, Hassan Lekan, 19; Owolabi Seyi, 19, and
Ismailia Ibrahim, 19, are specialised in snatching hand bags, phones and money
from unsuspecting members of the public.
The police spokesperson said: “They mostly operate
between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. Items recovered from them include phones and bags snatched
from three different victims. The suspects were charged to court.
“In a related development, operatives from Ipaja
Division arrested two notorious suspects who specialise in car snatching and vehicle
theft from parking spaces mostly in worship centres.
“The suspects are Bamidele Adebayo and Hakeem
Taofik. They stole a Toyota Corolla saloon car at a church in Shagari Estate
Ipaja and moved it to Ijagba village in Sango Ota, Ogun State.
“Detectives from Ipaja Police Station recovered the
vehicle at about 1600hours of the same date from the suspects. The suspects
were also charged to court.”
No comments:
Post a Comment