Community Policing: CP Odumosu commends Igboelerin youths for resisting robbery attack
By Abolaji Adebayo
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has commended the youths of Igboelerin community for facing the armed robbers who invaded the community and chased them away.
The youths, had on Sunday, battled the suspected robbers, dislodged them and recovered weapons including one unregistered operational bike and one locally made pistol with a life cartridge from them.
According to the police, the suspected armed robbers had come on two unregistered bikes with the intention of attacking their targets before they were repelled by the youths who have been involved in the community policing strategies of the command.
While commending the youths of the area, Odumosu ordered for the manhunt and arrest of the fleeing armed robbers.
He encouraged Lagosians to embrace the idea of community-based policing which has paid off in many areas of the state.
