Lagos Police Arrest 238 Criminal Suspects

Chiemelie Ezeobi
The Lagos State Police Command yesterday said it arrested 187 miscreants in a raid at Lagos Island, as well as arrested 24 armed robbers, 19 kidnappers and eight cultists across the state.

The command also said its diligent policing efforts paid off as they recovered 22 exotic vehicles from those that stole it, as well as recovered 26 live ammunition and 18 guns from different gangs.

On the 187 arrested, it was gathered that they were all mopped up at about 2a.m., during a raid on the Lagos Island.

Confirming the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Fatai Owoseni, said out of the 187 suspects arrested in the raid, 167 were males and 20 females.
He also said after preliminary interrogation, 63 were found to have credible source of livelihood and were released off with a warning.

He said: “The remaining 124 persons were arraigned in court and the magistrate convicted 112 of them while 12 were warned by the magistrate and released.

“One of those released was a woman who claimed she was pregnant and thus was released on compassionate grounds although she was arrested for selling hard drugs.”

In another development, one of those arrested during one of the raids at Adeniji Adele, weekend died in police custody.

The suspect was said to have stolen an iPhone and was caught and was beaten up before the police rescued him.
However, minutes after his father visited him in detention in the presence of the investigation police officer, he was found dead in his cell.

The suspect was said to have removed his shirt and purportedly hung himself on the iron bars in the cell where he was kept.

Already, the police said they have commenced investigation to ascertain the mystery behind the suspect’s death while in police custody.

Meanwhile, Owoseni has said the command has in the past one month made several arrests ranging from armed robbery, cultism and kidnapping.

Breaking the figures down he said: “Already, the command has arrested 24 armed robbers and later arrested five kidnappers before an additional nine were also arrested.

“We also mopped up eight cultists and from all the suspects, we recovered 18 different types of arms, 26 live ammunition and 22 exotic cars.”