The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has restated that the command will make Lagos State very hot for criminals, especially cultists, who terrorise the people of the state.
The police boss re-echoed the command’s readiness to tackle and decimate criminals in the state while confirming the arrest of 50 suspected armed robbers and cultists at Imota, Igbokuta, Adamo and Emure, all in Ikorodu area of the state during a sting operation.
The operation was carried out by the Commissioner of Police Strike Force between March 5 and 7, 2021.
The 38 male and 12 suspects include Oladunni Abiodun, m, 20; Dosumu Oluwaseun, 22; Segun Adelaja, 29; Gbamila Iyabo, f, 26, wife of the Number 1 of Aye Confraternity in Igbokuta, arrested with one pump action loaded with eight rounds of cartridges; Salisu Islamiyat, f, 29, wife of the Number 1 of Aye Confraternity in Emure, arrested with a locally-made pistol with some live cartridges; Abiodun Abbey, m, aka Oju Ogunle, alleged to have killed more than 22 people in Ikorodu area.
Other items recovered from them include guns, live ammunition and cartridges, assorted charms, berets with confraternity logos, paraphernalia of office of the confraternity and some dangerous weapons.
The Commissioner of Police also confirmed the arrest of the six suspected cultists at Ibeju-Lekki area of the state by the police operatives attached to Elemoro Division in compliance with directive of the Commissioner of Police on constant raids of the criminals hideouts in Eti Osa Local Government Area of the state.
The all-male suspects arrested were: Adeyemi Hassan; Adesoye Yusuf; Yusuf Sadiku; Isaila Adebanjo; ex-convict and leader of Aye Confraternity, Mosuru Ojo; and Tajudeen Ramon.
Odumosu has put all Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers in the state on their toes to ensure that the state is rid of cultism, crimes and criminality.
He further charged them to spread and embrace the principles of the Community Policing concept of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, to have effective policing of their respective areas and the state at large.
He has ordered for prompt investigation and prosecution of the cases as necessary arrangements have been made by the Lagos State Government to consistently fast track judicial processes in the state.