…as police arrest 13 suspects in fresh operation
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has again reiterated the command’s commitment to eradicate traffic robbery in the state.
Odumosu restated this on Thursday at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, while addressing officers and men of Rapid Response Squad and other operational units deployed at strategic places across the state to fight traffic robbery.
He emphasised the need to adopt various anti-crime strategies in combating the menace, which he said must not be allowed to jeopardise the security network of the state.
In his brief to the command, the Comnander RRS, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, confirmed the arrest of additional thirteen (13) suspected traffic robbers by the operatives of RRS on Wednesday while they were lurking around Motorways, Old Toll-Gate and Olusosun Dump site, Ojota, Lagos. The suspects are: Akeredola Taiwo,m, (33), Oriyomi Solola,m, (28), Olanrewaju Sikiru, m, (25), Hakeem Ridwan, m, (22), Joseph Ovie,m, (33), Muhammadu Aminu,m, (32), Monday Nweke,m, (35), Emmanuel Anthony,m, (24), Onyeka Muoghara,m, (40), Salaudeen Rilwan,m, (32), Kayode Dele,m, (31), Silas Manner,m,(27) and Favour Elijah,m, (26). Some of the suspects were caught red-handed while taking drugs in their hideouts around the corridor; and they were actually fingered and recognised by the residents and eye witnesses to have been involved in some of the previous traffic robberies and other crimes being perpetrated in the areas.
State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that the state’s Commissioner of Police has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for proper investigation and possible prosecution.
CP Hakeem Odumosu, he said, however, assured the general public of the comnand’s relentless efforts in eradicating traffic robbery and providing adequate security for all and sundry in Lagos State.
E-SIGNED
CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI (mnipr)
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER LAGOS STATE COMMAND IKEJA
DATED 14TH JANUARY, 2021