The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, and heads of other security agencies in the state have assured residents of protection of life and property during the lockdown period. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Bala Elkana, made this known in a statement released on Sunday and made available to Read More…
Crime
Lagos govt orders clampdown on hoodlums
Following the unrest arising from the ongoing lockdown to contain spread of coronavirus in Lagos, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered clampdown on robbers and hoodlums terrorising residents of the state. Sanwo-Olu gave the order on Tuesday at the State House, Marina, while addressing newsmen on the update on the coronavirus disease. The governor said that Read More…
Army arrests 7 persons over alleged impersonation in Lagos
Operatives of 81 Division, Nigerian Army, on Tuesday arrested and paraded seven persons suspected to have impersonated military officers and perpetrated criminal activities during the lockdown in Lagos. The suspects, who were arrested in various parts of Lagos, were paraded by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, Maj.-Gen. Olubunmi Irefin, at the Division’s Headquarters. Read More…
Police discover decomposed corpse in uncompleted building
The Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, uncovered a decomposed body in an uncompleted building at Manacola Estate, Ajegunle, in Lagos.The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria NAN) in Lagos. Elkana said that the father of the deceased had reported the case Read More…
Police arrest 191 suspects over attack on Lagos, Ogun border communities
The police on Monday said they had arrested 191 suspects in connection with the activities of hoodlums and street urchins in the border communities between Lagos and Ogun States.The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.He said exhibits recovered from the suspects were 15 locally made guns, 52 Read More…