Skip to main content

Lagos State Police Operation Crush Parades 202 Suspects


Hyacinth Chinweuba

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Zubairu Muazu, has paraded 202 people, suspected of involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and other related crimes in Lagos State.

The parading of the suspects is part of a renewed crackdown on criminals in the state, tagged “Operation Crush’’.

In a press conference at the Ikorodu Police Divisional Headquarters at Igbogbo in Ikorodu, Muazu said the police had also recovered fire arms, cutlasses, phones and charms from the suspects.

“The command has painstakingly put in place measures to reclaim the destiny of our youths, who have chosen the paths of crime by engaging in various cult activities.

“Cultism is evil and a crime against the collective will of the people. When cultism thrives, surely other heinous crimes like murder, rape, robbery and the rest will thrive too.

“Defeating cultism will therefore, mean defeating all heinous crimes in the state as virtually every major crime recorded in the state has a link to cultism.

“Thus the special operation we are flagging off today is code-named, Operation Crush, aimed at ending cultism and gangsterism. It will be directly under my command.”

The commissioner said that he had not relented in fighting crimes since he assumed office last February 2019, urging Lagosians  to join hands to ride the state of criminals.

He said that the 202 people arrested for various crimes would soon be charged to court.

Muazu said the command would adopt community policing, embark on sensitisation programme in collaboration with police community relations committees and other stakeholders in schools, neighbourhoods and the media.

He named some criminal groups identified in the state as Eiye and Aiye confraternities, One Million Boys at Ajegunle and Fadeyi Boys at the Fadeyi area on the Lagos Mainland.

Others are Akala Boys at Muslim, Nokia Group at PalmGroove and Awawa Boys at Dopemu in Agege, Ogba and Iyana Ipaja.

Recently a battle of supremacy among the cult groups in Ikorodu recently, claimed the lives of a couple, leading to the arrest of one Yusuf Omidele, the leader of the elders-in-council of the Eiye Confraternity.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Jonathan invites Buhari, Obasanjo, Atiku to launch

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has invited President Muhammadu Buhari, former president Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to the launch of his new book entitled: ‘My Transition Hours’. The event is billed to take place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja on November 20. Details from the invitations letters being sent to guests by the book presentation committee, indicated that Buhari, Obasanjo and Atiku are among the dignitaries expected to grace the ceremony. President Buhari will be the special guest of honour; Obasanjo will chair the event, while Atiku has also been invited by Jonathan as a special guest. Other dignitaries invited to participate in the official presentation are the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Salihu Alfa Belgore, who will serve as the book reviewer; Gen. Theophilus Y. Danjuma (rtd), will play the role of chief book presenter while Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake...
Post a Comment
Read more

Nigerian actress Adesua Etomi- Wellington Opens Up On 'Tough Times'

Adesua Etomi. Source: Instagram. Nigerian actress Adesua Etomi-Wellington has told her fans that there was once a time in her life, everything seemed to suck. In a motivational piece the actress shared on her Instagram page, she advised everyone to stay thankful in time of adversities. She made it clear that, although, things are not exactly the way she wants them to be, things are better than they used to be. Adesua wrote: “This message is linked to my faith and the God I serve but IT IS FOR EVERYONE. I remember a time in my life when it seemed like NOTHING was going right and I mean NOTHING. Everything just seemed to suck. “I was constantly being hurt by people I cared about and was good to, my career…well, I didn’t have one and it wasn’t for lack of trying, people I loved were going through tough times, everything wasn’t going right. “It became hard to pray. I’d stay in my house, in bed for daysss. I never talked about it. On so many o...
Post a Comment
Read more

WATCH: Ghanaian Staff Nurse breaks social media with her $£X V!deo & Photos

A Kumasi- based Staff Nurse, Georgina Boamah has involved herself in an unthinkable act and it’s just crazy. In a video that’s breaking social media, the nurse was seen seriously p.l.a.ying around her no go area. It wasn’t only Georgina Boamah’s v!d.e.o but also snapped photos of herself which got leakzd as well. A report says, she was sending the p.h.o.t*s to her supposed guy fri!e.n.d but unfortunately hit social media and Ghanaians can’t have enough. This uncalled for attitude has taken over Ghana because many folks especially ladies are letting go of their own personal videos and photos. As usual, Ghface.com’s policy does not allow such video on its platform because it’s a family new portal for all. Thank you for your understanding. See photos below;
Post a Comment
Read more