Police operatives in Lagos have arrested 58 suspected criminals in the Lagos Island area of the state.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday by spokesman of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the suspects were arrested on Monday in Agarawu, Ita Faaji, Igbosere and other areas on Lagos Island.
Odomosu said the suspects comprised of four elderly persons, five females and 39 males.
He said Lagos Island had been under the siege of miscreants and gangsters, adding that the development led the command to dispatch a team comprising the police and other security outfits to the area.
The CP said: “The team comprises of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Taskforce, Police Mobile Force and the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps under the command of ACP Bode Ojajuni, the Area Commander, Area A and Lion Building.
They went after the bad boys in the areas which eventually led to the arrest of 58 suspects on Monday.
“The miscreants and gangsters in the areas have severally attacked and damaged people’s properties while some have allegedly lost their lives to their various criminal activities.”
Odumosu said he had directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for proper investigation and prosecution.
He also assured that the command would not rest on its oars in the bid to rid Lagos Island and the state generally of gangsterism, hooliganism, and crimes.
