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EndSARS: Nine arrested for setting Ajeromi-Ifelodun LG ablaze

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
EndSARS: Nine arrested for setting Ajeromi-Ifelodun LG ablaze
The suspects

The police in Lagos State have arrested nine persons for allegedly burning Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Secretariat on October 20, 2020 during the recent violent Endsars protest in Lagos State.

The nine suspects include 30 years old Abdulganiyu Habeeb; 27 years old Adetunji Senyi; 28 years old Ahmed Animashahun; 28 years old Alowonle Lawal, and 19 years old Taiwo Nuah.

In addition, the operatives attached to the State CID of the command have arrested the duo of 22 years old Precious Chukwu, and 18 years old Ujunwa Offiah, for conspiring with one 26 years old Ifesinachi Blessed of Coker area Lagos State, to stage a kidnapping case.

The duo are girlfriends to the mastermind, Ifesinachi,  who is an UBER driver but presently at large.

The fleeing suspect, Ifesinachi, has kept Ujunwa at a place and placed calls across to her family that she had been kidnapped.

He pretended as a kidnapper and demanded for ransom of N30 million.

They eventually negotiated, with the help of his other girlfriend, Precious Chukwu, and agreed to pay him #700,000 (seven hundred thousand naira only) before he “released” Ujunwa.

The police swung into action and later discovered that it was a staged kidnapping, and they were immediately arrested.

The Commissioner of Police Lagos State has ordered that the feeling suspect be arrested.

In a similarly development, the command has continued  its fight against cultism in the state as its operatives arrested two suspected cult members at Igbologun Division on December 6, 2020.

The suspects are 22 years old Sheriff Haruna of Snake Island, Lagos State, a member of Eiye Confraternity and 26 years Dare Gabriel of same address.

He is a member of Aiye Confraternity.

The two of them were engaged in supremacy fight before they were arrested by the police.

Sheriff was arrested with a locally made pistol.

The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who personally interrogated and paraded the suspects at the command headquarters on Monday ordered for thorough investigation into the cases.

He added that the fleeing members of the gangs be arrested for further police actions.

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