Police nab 58 lawbreakers as CP poised to sanitise Lagos Island
*The suspects
Etim Ekpimah
The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 58 criminals suspected to be terrorising Lagos Island.
The arrest followed the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu’s order to sanitise and restore normalcy to Agarawu, Ita Faaji, Igbosere and other areas on the Lagos Island, which have been under the siege of miscreants and gangsters.
The command was said to have despatched a team comprised RRS, Taskforce, Police Mobile Force, Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps and other local security outfits, under the command of ACP Bode Ojajuni, the Area Commander, Area ‘A’, Lion Building, to go after the bad boys in the areas, which eventually led to the arrest of 58 suspects on Monday around 8pm.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said on Tuesday that the miscreants and gangsters in the areas often attacked and damaged property, adding that some innocent Nigerians have lost their lives to the hoodlums’ various criminal activities.
*Odumosu
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has deemed it necessary to raise a formidable team to carry out sting operations on the island to restore normalcy to the affected areas,” he said.
According to him, the suspects arrested are: Sikiru Kareem (Elderly person); Kamal Olatoyinbo (Elderly Person); Sulaimon Alaga (Elderly Person); Musa Alidu (Elderly Person); Amadu Chidi; Abass Saliu; Gafar Ambali; Oriyomi Adeyemi; Suleiman Saleh; Ojo Junior; Abayomi Ogunleye; Alhassan Abdulahi; Kazeem Olagbajumo; Rilwan Salau; Wajud Taiwo; Suleiman Adewale; Wahab Azeez.
Others are Adam Oluwole; Solomon Segun; Wahab Korede; Micheal Oladeji; Gafar Mustapha Adeniyi; Oluwatobu Senu; Afeez Sulaimon; Surajudeen Jimoh; Adamu Ahmed; Nojeem Ajayi; Yusuf Lawal; Akanbi Quadri; Afeez Shodimu; Monday Joseph; Adigun Yahaya; Yusuf Salisu; Nuhu Umar; Abbey Sholola; Benjamin Charlie; Amen Daniel; Samuel Igogboye; Tony Nwokeji; Ibrahim Usman; Sulaiman Rasak.
Haliru Abdulahi; Usman Mohammed; Yusuf Ayinde; Lekan Salisu; Abubakar Ibrahim; Yusuf Musa; Michael Francis; Abashin Rasheed; Saheed Dauda; Njokwu Ogonna; Njokwu Chinemenem; Chinanso Okechukwu, were among the male miscreants arrested.
Five female lawbreakers were also arrested, and they are Sharon Egiri; Idris Jumoke; Nike Idris; Adewale Adeola, and Damilola Omoniyi.
Adejobi stated that Odumosu has directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for proper investigation and prosecution.
The CP assured that the command would not relent on its oars in making sure that Lagos Island and the state generally are free from gangsterism, hooliganism and crimes.
