The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has arrested three traffic robbers said to be terrorizing the state and specialized in snatching phones, cars, bags, harassing motorists, and road users in traffic.
As gathered, the suspects were arrested on Monday while attempting to unleash terror on a motorist around the Ojota in-bound Alausa axis of the state.
It was learnt that while on the spot, Sanwo-Olu’s convoy approached the scene to rescue the motorist from the three machete-wielding criminals who were at the time, trying to forcefully drag him out of his vehicle.
Upon sighting the suspects, the security personnel attached to the governor swooped on the suspects, retrieved the dangerous weapons, and arrested them.
Speaking after arresting the criminals, Sanwo-Olu stated the development was a warning signal to other criminal elements and prospective traffic robbers in Lagos that there was no hiding place for criminality across Lagos.
Similarly, the strike squad of Lagos State Taskforce on Monday carried out a massive raid on a motorcycle (okada) rider’s at Secondary rainbow and Toyota Bus Stop along Apapa -Oshodi Expressway.
During the raid, which lasted for some hours, a total of 105 motorcycles were Impounded. Prior to the Monday raid, a total of 2021 motorists were Impounded last week.
It would be recalled the Sanwo-Olu while handing over security equipment purchased by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund(LSSTF) to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, for the use of Lagos Police Command, on Thursday, June 10, said that there would be no hiding place for criminals in the state.
“We are determined to stabilize the security situation in Lagos State, as our contribution towards lasting national security. Let also use this opportunity to sound a note of warning to all criminals who are operating in Lagos State or planning to operate here; armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, bandits, and other criminals, we will leave no stone unturned in making this state inhospitable to you”.
“We will find you, wherever you may be lurking and we will bring the full weight of the law on you”, Sanwo-Olu declared on June 10, while handing over security equipment purchased by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) to Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba.
