Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 27 suspects in a planned raid of different blackspots in Lagos metropolis between the late hours of Thursday, Februrary 4 and early hours of Friday February 5, 2021.
The arrest of the 27 suspects was carried out by the operatives of the Rapid Respond 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 them, especially at Ikeja, Agege and Alimosho areas.
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.
Those arrested included 26 years old Olajide Kolawole; 25 years old Kehinde Ayoola; 20 years old Dola Abdullahi; 19 years old Michael Ogungbade and 23 others.
The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu noted that the command would 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, Odumosu advised parents and guardians to monitor their children and wards on the company they keep as cultism and traffic robbery remained unpardonable crimes which would not be overlooked or spared as they attracted stringent punishments in the law.
