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Sanwo-Olu disarms weapon-welding criminal gang in Ojota traffic

YESTERDAY, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, personally arrested a gang of suspected criminals who harass motorists and road users in traffic.
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YESTERDAY, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, personally arrested a gang of suspected criminals harassing a motorist in the Ojota area of Lagos State.

The gang of suspected criminals ran out of luck while attempting to unleash terror on a motorist around Ojota in-bound Alausa. Help however came for the motorist as Governor Sanwo-Olu's convoy approached the scene to rescue him from the three machete-wielding criminals who were at the time, trying to forcefully drag him out of his vehicle.

 

ole2Members of the three criminal gang

The security personnel attached to the Governor swooped on the suspects, retrieved the dangerous weapons from them and arrested the three.

It would be recalled that Governor Sanwo-Olu while handing over security equipment purchased by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, for the use of Lagos Police Command, on Thursday June 10, said there would be no hiding place for criminals in the State.

 

ole4A member of the three criminal gang being arrested

“We are determined to stabilize the security situation in Lagos State, as our own contribution towards lasting national security. Let me also use this opportunity to sound a note of warning to all criminals who are operating in Lagos State or planning to operate here; all armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, bandits, and other criminals, we will leave no stone unturned in making this State inhospitable to you. We will find you, wherever you may be lurking and we will bring the full weight of the law on you,” Governor Sanwo-Olu declared. 

 

ole3Governor Sanwo-Olu confronting a member of the criminal gang

Governor Sanwo-Olu stated after his security personnel arrested the three machete-wielding criminals that the exercise was a warning signal to other criminal elements and prospective traffic robbers in Lagos that there is no hiding place for criminality in Lagos State.

 

ole5Governor Sanwo-Olu approaching a member of the gang