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By Abolaji Adebayo
The Lagos State Police Command has declared war on traffic robbers as it arrested 13 suspects terrorising commuters in the state.
The suspects were arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the command led by CSP Yinka Egbeyemi during raids across the state.
Egbeyemi said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday while lurking around Motorways, Old Toll-Gate and Olusosun Dump site, Ojota, Lagos.
The suspects, who are between the ages of 22 and 40 years, include Akeredola Taiwo, m, (33), Oriyomi Solola, m, (28), Olanrewaju Sikiru, m, (25), Hakeem Ridwan, m, (22), Joseph Ovie, m, (33), Muhammadu Aminu, m, (32), Monday Nweke, m, (35), Emmanuel Anthony, m, (24), Onyeka Muoghara, m, (40), Salaudeen Rilwan, m, (32), Kayode Dele, m, (31), Silas Manner, m,(27) and Favour Elijah, m, (26).
Some of the suspects, according to a statement released by the Police spokesman, CSP Olumuyi Adejobi, were caught red-handed while taking drugs in their hideouts around the corridor.
Adejobi said they were “actually fingered and recognised by the residents and eye witnesses to have been involved in some of the previous traffic robberies and other crimes being perpetrated in the areas.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has reiterated the command’s commitment to eradicate traffic robbery in Lagos State.
The police boss made the assertion on Thursday at the Command Headquarters Ikeja while addressing officers and men of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and other operational units who were deployed at strategic places across the state to fight traffic robbery.
He emphasised the need to adopt various anti crime strategies in combating the menace which, he said, must not be allowed to jeopardise the security network of the state.
He, therefore, ordered that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for proper investigation and possible prosecution.
