Crime

Police Nab Man For Tying Debtor To Stake Over 4.6m Debt

By Web News 697

A young man, Mr. Oluchi Okoye aka PACA, has been arrested by policemen attached to the Denton Police Station, Lagos, for tying his debtor, Reuben Alozie, to a stake over unpaid debt of 4.6 million naira.

The press release signed by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, said the suspect tied the victim to a stake with ropes at No. 29, Abeokuta Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos for two days before he was eventually rescued by the police.

The victim where he lay tied up before the police rrescued him.

According to the suspect, he resorted to self-help after several efforts to recover his money from the victim failed.

The arrest of the suspect was made possible following a complaint lodged at the station by victim’s wife, Angela Reuben who reported that her husband was being held hostage.

Following the arrest, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu directed that the suspect should be transferred to the Command’s Tactical team for diligent investigation and prosecution.

Abisola Oluremi

Crime

Senior Lagos Police Officer Killed During Raid On Criminals Hideout

By Web News 737

The Lagos State Police Command lost one of its finest officers during a raid on criminal hideouts in Ajao Estate, Lagos State, on Thursday 23rd September, 2021.

The incident happened when tactical teams of the command comprising men drawn from RRS, Taskforce, Ajao Estate Division and other divisions were carrying out raids of identified flashpoints and enforcing the ban on use of motorcycles in restricted areas in the estate and similar places in the state.

The exercise was a routine proactive approach aimed at curtailing activities of armed robbers and other criminal elements in the state.

Similar exercises were carried out in the past in other parts of the state which have resulted in reduction in crimes in the areas.

After the successful operation which led to the arrest of some of the suspects, other criminal elements and hoodlums in their large numbers laid siege to the exit of the estate and attacked the policemen with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons.

Unfortunately, during the fatal attack, CSP Kazeem Sumonu Abonde attached to the Operations Department of the Command was brutally killed by the hoodlums.

The DPO Ajao Estate, CSP Abdullahi Malla and other Police officers equally sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The corpse of the deceased officer has been deposited at the Yaba Mainland Hospital for autopsy.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu while condemning the attack on the policemen who were carrying out their legitimate duty at the time, has directed that an immediate and discreet investigation into the incident be carried out.

The CP has equally vowed to ensure that all suspects responsible for the dastardly act be brought to book soon.

The Commissioner of Police has promised that this terrible incident would not dampen the morale of the command or discourage it from carrying out its statutory duties of protecting lives and property of the citizens in Lagos State.

SIGNED: CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu (ANIPR), Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command.

Crime

Police Rescue 8-Year-Old Kidnap Victim, Arrest Suspects In Lagos

By Web News 691

The Lagos State Police Command has again arrested two male suspects, Desmond Ikechukwu Okafor (21) and Egwuonwu Gift Iyke (34) who conspired together and kidnapped an 8-year-old child, Daniel Chukwudi, on 11th July, 2021.

The kidnap was planned and executed by the victim’s neighbour, Desmond Okechukwu Okorafor who, using his unhindered access to the family, lured the victim from his parents’ home at Aboru, Ipaja, and abducted him to Ajangbadi area of Lagos where he was kept in custody for six days before he was rescued.

Twenty-four hours after the evil act, the suspects reached out to the victim’s parents and demanded 2.5m Naira ransom as a condition for his release from captivity or else he would be killed.

Following report by the distraught parents, operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau began a painstaking, diligent investigation which led to the arrest of the two suspects in their criminal hideout while the victim was also rescued from his detention where he was kept incommunicado.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has directed that the suspects be charged to court, vowing that kidnappers and other criminal elements would not be allowed to operate in the State.

E-SIGNED:
CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu (ANIPR),
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Command.

Security

We have put measures in place for a crime-free Salah – CP Odumosu

By Web News 705

Lagos State Police Command has assured the residents, especially the Muslim faithful of adequate security during the Eid-El Fitri.

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, stated this in a release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi.

The CP affirmed the preparedness of the Command as Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Police Mobile Force Commanders and Tactical Commanders to redouble their efforts towards ensuring a crime-free Salah.

He also confirmed that an appreciable number of police personnel has been deployed across the state for provision of adequate security, traffic management and enforcement of COVID-19 protocols as stipulated by the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19.

The Commissioner of Police in the statement also directed that the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) and the Command’s Monitoring Unit should intensify efforts to maintain robust intelligence gathering and proactive measures to Police the State during the Eid-E- Fitri Festival and beyond.

The Police boss advised the Muslim faithful and fun seekers to be moderate, be security-conscious during this festivity.

The command however warned miscreants and hoodlums to seize the opportunity of this festive period to turn a new leaf and stop being a thorn in the flesh of innocent Nigerians.

Mr. Odumosu also seized the opportunity to felicitate with the Muslim faithful on the successful completion of the fast and prayed that Almighty Allah (SWT) accept their prayers and spare their lives to witness more of the holy month in good health.

Abisola Oluremi