76 miscreants and hoodlums were arrested by the Lagos State
Task Force Agency during an enforcement operations tagged 'Eradication
of Criminal Hideouts' carried out at mid-night on Saturday, around Oshodi and Iyana-Ipaja.
Amongst those arrested at Iyana-ipaja during the operations
was a wanted criminal and a ring leader of a notorious cult group
'Omije Boys' Franklin Anyanwu.#
Mr. Franklin Anyanwu, 28yrs, of No. 11, Oremeji Street,
Iyana-Ipaja who was caught with bags of Indian hemp confessed to be a
ring leader of a notorious cult group 'Omije Boys' who terrorised and
dispossessed innocent members of the public of their valuable items at
Iyana-Ipaja and its environs.
He confessed further to be selling llicit world of drugs to
miscreants and hoodlums around Oshodi, Fadeyi, Idi-oro at Mushin and
Bariga.
Also another criminal Olumide Sanni, 19, who specialises
in snatching bags and phones from innocent members around Railway-lines
at Oshodi was arrested.
Olumide Sanni who hailed from 'Oderemo' in Ogun State made a
confessional statement that the operatives of the Agency had arrested
him 3 times for criminal activities around Oshodi.
The Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force SP Olayinka
Egbeyemi, who confirmed the arrest, said that the enforcement
operations is a continuous exercise.
Meanwhile, the new Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr.
Imohimi Edgal has tasked SP Olayinka Egbeyemi to completely eradicate
all criminal hideouts/black-spots across the State.
SP Egbeyemi disclosed that the Commissioner of Police has
mandated him and other Divisional Police Officers to wipe out all
criminal elements from their hideouts across the State.
He stated that the new Commissioner of Police is poised at
tackling all criminal challenges and making sure that criminal elements
were no longer allowed any free reign: they will not be given freedom of
space to practice any of their criminal acts.
The Chairman listed areas to be raided as directed by the
Commissioner of Police to includes Egbe-Idimu, Iyana-Ipaja (Abule-Oki
& Car-wash), Ikotun, Mushin, Bariga, Apapa, Orile-Agege, Ajegunle,
Ikorodu, Lagos-Island, Oshodi, Pen-cinema, Berger, Oyingbo, Mile 2,
Fadeyi and Ojuelegba.
SP Egbeyemi stated that government would not fold it's arm
and watch criminals destroying huge investment already expended on
infrstructural development across the state.
He quoted the Commissioner of Police to have warned parents
to always monitor their wards particularly during and after these
'Ember-months' as anyone caught engaging in any criminal acts such as
selling/smoking illicit drugs, rape, robbery, cultism or any other
nefarious activities would be prosecuted in accordance with Lagos State
Environmental Sanitation Laws.
The Chairman enjoined criminal elements to turn a new leaf
and get themselves meaningfully engaged in vocational skills such as
tailoring, carpentry, shoe-making, electrical/electronics, beed-making
etc at any of the government established vocational centres spread
across the State.
All the arrested 76 miscreants and hoodlums including 'Mr. Franklin Anyanwu will be charged to court for prosecutions.
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