The Lagos State Police Command arrested 130 suspects in connection with the unrest and attacks by hoodlums in various parts of the State during the lockdown.
Residents of some communities in Ogun and Lagos State had turned themselves into vigilante to resist attacks by hoodlums, including the Awawa Boys and One Million Boys, among others creating tension in some of the affected areas.
The State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said the suspects took advantage of the border towns connecting Lagos and Ogun States. They were arrested in connection with the unrest in the State and for violating the lockdown order. Areas affected during the operation of the hoodlums in Lagos are Capitol Road, Amowo, Dopemu, Oko-Oba, Maroko, Abule-Egba, Ogba, Ejigbo and Agege.
A total of 130 suspects were arrested consisting of 123 males and 7 females by police personnel from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti-Yaba. However the New Oko-Oba, Oke-Odo, Abattoir and Maroko divisions, were paraded at the command headquarters, Ikeja.
Odumosu stated; “This thing started about three days ago, when miscreants in Ogun State decided to act above the law.They tried to push their luck into Lagos State through the border towns, but we got the information early enough and deployed sufficient personnel of the command in the border towns and that made them not to penetrate Lagos.”
Odumosu added that he had gone round to restore confidence in the affected areas, but urged the residents not to take the law into their own hands.
