- The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists and traffic robbers for allegedly dispossessing unsuspecting residents of their valuables in various parts of the state.
- Adejobi noted that the Command was committed to tackling cultism and other forms of criminality in Lagos State.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists and traffic robbers for allegedly dispossessing unsuspecting residents of their valuables in various parts of the state.
The arrest of the suspects was made known in a statement by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Wednesday.
Adejobi noted that the Command was committed to tackling cultism and other forms of criminality in the state.
The police spokesperson stated that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, gave the assurance while addressing area commanders, heads of departments and tactical commanders at the POWA Hall, Oduduwa in Ikeja.
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The statement read, “In total compliance with the directive and anti-crime strategies of the Commissioner of Police, operatives attached to the Area ‘D’ Command, Mushin, on May 17, 2021, arrested one Nwugo Oforuike, 30, a member of the Aiye Confraternity, who hails from Imo State, with one locally-made pistol, one live cartridge, one car key, one Infinix Hot 8 phone, one neck chain and an iron rod.
“In the same vein, police operatives attached to the Ojo Division of the command, around 6am on the same day, arrested a suspected serial housebreaker, Marcus Ikechukwu, 34, of Karabosowa, Ojo, Alaba, Lagos, who had been terrorising and breaking into people’s houses in Ikotun, Igando, Surulere and other places within the state.
“The police team on patrol at the Alaba International Market, Lagos, intercepted one green T4 bus and upon a search, some suspected stolen items were recovered. The items include one large cutter for breaking into houses and three big generators.
“The suspect has confessed that he has broken into many houses in Surulere, Igando, and Ikotun areas of the state,” Adejobi said.
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