The Divisional Police Officer, Olosan, Adekunle Omisakin, confirmed the arrests to the News Agency of Nigeria in Mushin, saying that the suspects were arrested at Omodigbo Buhari Street, Mushin on Thursday.
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The police confirmed the development
In this regard, it urged members of the public not be unduly concerned with the increased presence of policemen across the state, including the location of patrol vehicles at strategic traditional points
The arrest was carried out on Friday evening
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Edgal Imohimi, told newsmen in Lagos that the command had recovered 13 various arms and drugs worth N3 million.
While the man has been identified as Lukmon Olowu, the lady, said to be from Cross River State, was simply identified as Promise
The discovery was made on Sunday evening
Imohimi said the police had not been accessible and professional enough, which had made members of the public loose confidence.
The suspect; Kunle Afolabi, 31, an ex-convict from Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was arrested by the operatives around 4am on Friday in CMS after escaping from Broad Street, Lagos Island, where he had gone to vandalise a Toyota Corrolla belonging to a Deacon of First Baptist Church, Broad Street, Lagos.
The Sector Commander, Hyginus Omeje, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos, added that this would put an end to the perennial gridlock.
The Lagos State Police Command spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, identified the man as Adekunle Oluseyi John from Ondo State.
The movement was effected by the Police Service Commission
Shortly before the exercise, Imohimi told journalists at the Ojota dumpsite that the destruction of the hard drugs marked the beginning of the move by his command to rid the state of the activities of drug peddlers
They reportedly paraded themselves as operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command
Two of the suspects – Moshood Olowu (24) and Olasunkanmi Ogundipe (26) – both attendees of Felabration along with their respective accomplices, separately robbed two commuters in Ojota and Ketu
He said that the spy police had not been optimally utilized as he intended to incorporate them into the integrated traffic management of the state to take care of the shortfall of manpower in the police.
The recovery was made during a raid on suspected hideouts in Itire by the Area D Police Command, Mushin, led by the Area Commander, Akinbayo Olasoji; Divisional Police officer of Illasah Division, Titilayo Oriyomi; and other DPOs in the area
The CP, while addressing the residents of Oriade, AmuwoOdofin, Iba, and Ojo LCDAs and LGAs, praised the Area “E” Commander, ACP Auwal M. Mohammed, for the gallantry and prowess he has displayed in diligently carrying out of his constitutional duties.
While the 13-year-old girl is five months pregnant, her mother is gone six months
Parading the suspects along with others, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, disclosed that the suspects broke into their victims’ houses at night, packed their belongings inside their cars and drove them away early in the morning.