Lagos State Police Command has intensified efforts to sanitise and restore normalcy to the Agarawu, Ita Faaji, Igbosere and other areas on the Lagos Island that have been under the siege of miscreants and gangsters.
The command despatched a team comprising RRS, Taskforce, Police Mobile Force, Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps and other local security outfits, under the command of ACP Bode Ojajuni, the Area Commnader Area A, Lion Building, to go after the bad boys in the areas, resulting in the arrest of 58 suspects on Monday at about 8pm.
A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the miscreants and gangsters in the areas have attacked and damaged peoples properties on several occasions while many residents have also lost their lives to the various criminal activities of these bad boys.
The PPRO added that the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had deemed it imperative to raise a formidable team to carry out sting operations on the island to restore normalcy to the affected areas.
The statement also listed the suspects arrested to include the following persons:
1 Sikiru Kareem (Elderly person)
2 Kamal Olatoyinbo (Elderly Person)
3 Sulaimon Alaga (Elderly Person)
4 Musa Alidu (Elderly Person)
5 Amadu Chidi
6 Abass Saliu
7 Gafar Ambali
8 Oriyomi Adeyemi
9 Suleiman Saleh
10 Ojo Junior
11 Abayomi Ogunleye
12. Alhassan Abdulahi
13. Kazeem Olagbajumo
14. Rilwan Salau
15 Wajud Taiwo
16 Suleiman Adewale
17 Wahab Azeez
18 Adam Oluwole
19 Solomon Segun
20 Wahab Korede
21 Micheal Oladeji
22 Gafar Mustapha Adeniyi
23 Oluwatobu Senu
24 Afeez Sulaimon
25 Surajudeen Jimoh
26 Adamu Ahmed
27 Nojeem Ajayi
28 Yusuf Lawal
29 Akanbi Quadri
30 Afeez Shodimu
31 Monday Joseph
32 Adigun Yahaya
33 Yusuf Salisu
34 Nuhu Umar
35 Abbey Sholola
36 Benjamin Charlie
37 Amen Daniel
38 Samuel Igogboye
39 Tony Nwokeji
40 Ibrahim Usman
41 Sulaiman Rasak
42 Haliru Abdulahi
43 Usman Mohammed
44 Yusuf Ayinde
45 Lekan Salisu
46 Abubakar Ibrahim
47 Yusuf Musa
48 Michael Francis
49 Abashin Rasheed
50 Saheed Dauda
51 Njokwu Ogonna
52 Njokwu Chinemenem
53 Chinanso Okechukwu
FEMALE:
1 Sharon Egiri
2 Idris Jumoke
3 Nike Idris
4 Adewale Adeola
5 Damilola Omoniyi
The police spokersman also stated that the Commissioner of Police had directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for proper investigation and prosecution.
The police boss also warned and assured that the command would not relent in making sure that Lagos Island and the state generally is rid of gangsterism, hooliganism and crime.Â