Crime: Lagos Police Command Make A Haul, Arrests 720 Suspects Sunday |The Source

By Gideon Njoku

The Lagos Police Command, which personnel have been unofficially off duty in anger, since after the #EndSARS protest which saw the looting and razing of several  Police stations, and the killing of a number of their colleagues, showed the stuff they are made of Sunday morning.

In an early morning raid of black spots, across all its Area Commands, the Command made a haul, arresting a whopping number of 720 suspects.

The early morning raid took Lagosians by surprise, but it was a pleasant one for a people who have been reeling under the mercy of criminals of all sorts, especially since after the #EndSARS protest.

Confirming the raid in a statement, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Command did that in “its bid   to solidify the security architecture of Lagos State.”

He disclosed that the State Command has just   relaunched  its Anti-Crime Strategies in order to curb crimes and criminality.

His words:

“The command today, Sunday 15th November, 2020, at about 7am, carried out raids simultaneously on identified black spots, reasonably believed to be harbouring criminals and hoodlums, across the fourteen (14) Area Commamds in Lagos State.

“In the swift operations, Police operatives of the command arrested seven hundred and twenty (720) suspects with incriminating items, including, locally-made guns and life cartridges, charms, weed suspected to be Indian hemp, substances suspected to be cocaine, and some items suspected to have been looted from various shopping outlets within the state during the recent Endsars violence.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, who matched his words with actions, had earlier warned and directed police officers and men to move against lawlessness and criminality in Lagos; he affirmed the zeal of the command to sustain the operations, even, beyond the yuletide season.

“CP Hakeem Odumosu has however directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of SCID, panti, to commence discreet investigation on the arrested suspects for immediate prosecution. He also urged those whose items were looted during the recent Endsars violence to come up for claims of their items with prove of ownership.

“The police chief commended the officers and men of the command for the successful operations, while he charged them to be at alert for more operations across the state.”