The Lagos State Police Command on Monday reeled out operatives’ onslaught against criminals at the Command’s maiden bi-weekly briefing on how suspects were arrested.
While Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin presented some of the achievements recorded by the Command in the past two weeks, he said twenty-six (26) suspects who have engaged in various crimes including murder, defilement, armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms, illicit drugs, etc. have been apprehended.
According to him, “From all these cases which we successfully cracked, we recovered a total of four (4) firearms, twenty-one (21) live ammunition, six (6) vehicles, one (1) cutlass, phones, money and illicit drugs.”
Some of the cases include:
CONSPIRACY AND ARMED ROBBER
On the 17th February, 2025, a case of conspiracy and armed robbery was transferred from Okota Division for further investigation. The complainant alleged that his girlfriend one Emmanuella Ogochukwu “f” 25yrs conspired with her brother and his friends to rob him of three iPhones and bitcoins worth about 15million Naira. Upon receipt of the case and following the confessional statement of Emmanuella Ogochukwu “f”, one Ogbuka Tochukwu “m” 22yrs, younger brother of Emmanuella Ogochukwu “f” was trailed and arrested by the operatives of the Command. The complainant’s robbed phones and sum of N6.5m were recovered.
Further investigation led to the arrest of four other suspects that participated in the robbery: Babatunde Ibrahim ‘m’ 23, Michael Odova ‘m’ 24, Seidu Abba ‘m’ 20 and John Wisdom. They were all arrested in Wisdom’s apartment in Okota. A locally made pistol, four cartridges and an axe were recovered from them. Investigation is still ongoing to arrest the other four wanted members of the gang.
ARREST OF SUSPECT FOR DEFILEMENT
On 13th March, 2025, detectives of the Command arrested one Aderinsola Addiths ‘m’ aged 74 after a report that the suspect allegedly defiled a 13year old female in his room at Iju Area on 12th March 2025. The detectives visited the scene and the survivor was taken to the hospital for examination and treatment.
Case has been transferred to the Gender Unit, State Headquarters, for further investigation and prosecution.
ARREST OF SUSPECTED PEDESTRIAN ROBBERS
Operatives of the Command after receiving information on 12th March, 2025 that a group of hoodlums, usually dispossess passersby of their valuables every day, early in the morning, along Alaba-Oro, Amukoko, under the pretense of street fighting and would later go into hiding, immediately commenced discreet investigation to locate their criminal hideout. The operatives arrested the following suspects at Olufiditi area of Amukoko: Rasaki Ibrahim ‘m’ aka Ekute aged 19 and Okikiola Kazeem ‘m’ aged 28 and recovered one cutlass, a small bag contained weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and some hard drugs. Investigation is ongoing and efforts is on to apprehend other wanted suspects. The suspects will be arraigned in court of competent jurisdiction accordingly.
ARREST OF SUSPECTED ROBBERS/FRAUDSTERS
On the 25th of February, 2025, detectives of the SCID Panti began discreet investigation based on intelligence report received about the activities of a syndicate that specialized in robbing victims of their valuables such as money, both Nigerian and foreign currencies, jewelries, phones, ATM cards and international passports of various countries. The detectives on 14th March, 2025, trailed some of the syndicate members to Iju Ishaga area and arrested the following suspects Idowu Ajewole ‘m’, Waheed Opeyemi ‘m’, Samuel Bamidele ‘m’, Ajoke Oluwaseun ‘f’, Layide Ogunseun ‘f’ and Adetipe Olubunmi ‘m’. Two
Toyota Camry cars with some fake dollar notes were recovered from the suspects.
All suspects have made useful statements and are in police custody. They will be arraigned accordingly.
SUSPECTED MURDER
On 19th March, 2025 at about 1125hrs, a team of detectives of the Command while on township patrol at Oke-Ira Ilogbo, Eremi, got information that one Peter Dike ‘m’ of Oke-Ira Ilogbo, Eremi area, stabbed his wife to death. Hence, the team swiftly raced to the scene where the suspect was arrested and one kitchen knife stained with blood was recovered from him. The lifeless body of his wife aged 38 was found in front of him in a pool of her blood. Upon questioning at the station, the suspect confessed to have committed the crime. The corpse has been removed and deposited at a morgue. Case has been transferred to the SCID for further investigation.
RECOVERY OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION
On 21st March, 2025 at about 1801hours, operatives of the Command while on patrol, sighted a group of suspected hoodlums along Aleke-Isiu, Imotu, Ikorodu.
The hoodlums on sensing that the team was closing in on them, abandoned a sack and took to their heels. However, upon searching the sack, one Lar rifle with 12 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition and SMG rifle without magazine were recovered. Meanwhile, effort is ongoing to arrest the wanted suspects. Investigation is in progress.
MURDER
On March 10, 2025, at about 0900 hours, operatives of the Command received a report that on the same day at approximately 0700 hours, one Musa Zayanu ‘M’ allegedly stabbed one Mahmud ‘M’ aged 25 in the left side of his stomach with a knife at Bolar Site, Abule Egba. As a result of the severe bleeding from the injury, the victim succumbed to his wounds and was pronounced dead by a doctor.
Suspect was promptly arrested and the knife used in the attack was recovered.
The corpse was evacuated by the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit and later deposited at the Mainland General Hospital Mortuary, Yaba, for preservation and autopsy. Case has been transferred to the SCID for further investigation and prosecution.
CONSPIRACY, FRAUD AND STEALING
This deals with a report received from a former bank staff alleging that some unidentified persons fraudulently stole the sum of £138,924 (equivalent to ₦277,848,000) from domiciliary accounts of international airlines domiciled in the bank and transferred them into her domiciliary account before collecting all the money.
Following this, the bank reported the matter at the Lagos State Police Command and investigation commenced.
Suspect is currently assisting team of operatives to recover the remaining two Lexus.
All suspects are to be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
The Police Spokesperson assured all residents and visitors to Lagos State that under CP Olohundare Jimoh, the low level of crime experienced in Lagos State will be sustained.
He said further, “We would once again like to appreciate the good people of Lagos State for their unwavering support to the Lagos State Police Command; and the State Government for the continual provision of logistics and operational support.”
Culled from casefileng