SEQUEL to the commitment of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu to continually take anti-crime fight to the dens of criminals and miscreants in the state, the Police Command has arrested 27 suspects in a planned raid of different black spots in the Lagos metropolis between the late hours of Thursday 4th and early hours of Friday 5th February, 2021.
The arrest was carried out by operatives of the RRS, being a follow-up to the directive of the Commissioner of Police to the Commander, Rapid Response Squad (@rrslagos767), 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 Under-Bridge, Ile - Epo, Abule Egba, Isokoko, Alfa Nla, Capitol Road, Akilo, Marketing, Alausa Central Business District among others.
Those arrested included Olajide Kolawole, m, (26), Kehinde Ayoola (25), m, Dola Abdullahi (20), m, Michael Ogungbade (19), m, and 23 others.
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 because they attract stringent punishments in the law.
CP 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.
