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By Christopher Oji
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 37 suspected criminals, including cultists for various crimes committed within the metropolis in the last one month.
Also , the Force recovered 16 different types of guns, including two toy pistols; a
total of 72 live carriages, 75 different ammunition, six axes, four daggers, five cutlasses, two vehicles, one POS machine, fake vehicle number plates and various charms.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adegoke Fayoade,while parading the suspects yesterday at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja, said three leaders of a notorious cult gang terrorizing Ikorodu and its environs were among the suspects.
Fayoade, also said that three members of an armed robbery gang whi operated wearing military camouflage were nabbed.
He said the fake soldiers were arrested by the 9th Brigade of the Nigerian Army who handed them over to the Police.
He said on January 11, 2024, at about 1am operatives of Lagos State Command, upon credible intelligence concerning activities of some hoodlums terrorizing Ikorodu and its environs, swung into action, and arrested one Balogun Tola (aka 50), Tunde Oladipupo, Rasa Ridwan, and Abimbola Aro, in connection with cult related activities.
He said the suspected cultists are not just cultists,but notorious armed robbers who do the the same thing as armed robbers.
“ The following items were recovered from them: Three English double barrel gun, One pump action rifle, one reining model 700 rifle, one locally made pistol, 74 rounds of live ammunition, 68 rounds of cartridges, one baretta pistol magazine, four axes, three daggers and five cutlasses.
“On December 17, 2023, at about 11pm, based on credible intelligence that some group of boys suspected to be members of a confraternity were planning to retaliate their leader’s death on other rival cult members in Ayobo area of Lagos State, Police operatives of the Command were dispatched to the area where one Quadri Mukail ‘m’, Adedoyin Azeez ‘m’, Olayinka Ayodele ,Orefuwa Olamide , and Anuoluwapo Ojo,were apprehended in possession of one berretta pistol with two cartridges and one axe.
“On January 13, 2024, at about 11.30am, operatives of the Command arrested one Olamilekan Tajudeen( aka Ebila) 38, a wanted and notorious cultist leader, who was involved in a series of cult related killings. One locally fabricated automatic baretta pistol was recovered from him. Effort is ongoing to arrest other members” he added.
The Lagos State Police boss further revealed that in the same vein, operatives of the Command arrested one Toheeb Oyekunle , Victor Jimoh , Samuel Okanlawon , Segun Babatunde, Okeowo Tosin and Mohammed Ibrahim in connection with the invasion that took place at Iju-Ishaga area of the state.
He said during the invasion, the suspects snatched an AK47 rifle from a police Officer, and that during interrogation the suspects confessed to the crime and other criminal activities within Lagos and environs.
