Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday personally arrested a gang of suspected criminals, which specialises in harassing motorists and road users in traffic, signalling that the war against criminality in the state has gone a notch higher.
The gang of suspected criminals met their waterloo early morning of the day while attempting to unleash terror on a motorist around Ojota in-bound Alausa, but help, however, came for the motorist as Governor Sanwo-Olu’s convoy approached the scene to rescue him from the three machete-wielding criminals who were at the time, trying to forcefully drag him out of his vehicle.
It was gathered that security personnel attached to the governor swooped on the suspects, who were three in number, retrieved the dangerous weapons from them and got them arrested.
It would be recalled that Governor Sanwo-Olu, while handing over security equipment purchased by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, for the use of Lagos Police Command, on Thursday, June 10, said there would be no hiding place for criminals in the state.
“We are determined to stabilise the security situation in Lagos State, as our own contribution towards lasting national security. Let me also use this opportunity to sound a note of warning to all criminals who are operating in Lagos State or planning to operate here; all armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, bandits, and other criminals, we will leave no stone unturned in making this state inhospitable to you. We will find you, wherever you may be lurking and we will bring the full weight of the law on you,” the governor declared.
The brand new crime-fighting equipment donated to the Lagos State Police Command were: 150 double cabin vehicles, 30 saloon patrol vehicles, 1,000 ballistic vests; 1,000 ballistic helmets, 1,000 handheld police radios/walkie-talkies, 100 security patrol bikes; two armoured personnel carriers (APCs), four high capacity troop carriers and two anti-riot water cannon vehicles.
Speaking after the arrest, Governor Sanwo-Olu stated that the exercise was a warning signal to other criminal elements and prospective traffic robbers in Lagos that there was no hiding place for criminality in Lagos State.
Also on Monday, the Strike Squad of the Lagos State Taskforce carried out a massive raid on motorcycle (okada) riders at Second rainbow and Toyota Bus Stop along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
During the raid, which lasted for some hours, a total of 105 motorcycles popularly called okadas were impounded.
It would be recalled that a total of 201 motorcycles were impounded last week.
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