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Police arrest NURTW bigwigs following Lagos Island crisis

January 25, 2022 No Comments

The Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested some prominent members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state.

Among those arrested were Kunle Poly and Sego, whom the Police said were principal suspects in the recurring clashes in the Idumota area of Lagos Island.

The vicinity suffered a big crisis on Monday, leading to the halting of commercial activities in the area, and the loss of lives too.

Reports say that two persons were feared killed during the clash which was between two factions of the transport union – Eyo boys, reportedly loyal to a union leader known as Kunle Poly, and Kosoko boys.

The arrest was effected today at a meeting where the two NURTW members along with some other stakeholders converged,” RRS said.

“Kunle Poly and Sego are currently being transferred to Zone II, Onikan, Lagos.”

In Monday’s clash, one person was said to have been shot dead while another bled to death from machete cuts inflicted on him.

Meanwhile, the violence forced traders in markets around the area to shut down their shops and run for dear life.

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Calm returns to Lagos Island after hoodlums clash left two dead, scores injured

January 22, 2022 No Comments

Calm and normalcy has returned to the Idumota area of Lagos Island following a deadly clash between rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) which left two people dead and several others sustaining serious injuries.

The clash which was said to have started on Thursday night and spilled over to Friday, affected the commercial nerve centres of the area like Balogun, Kosoko, Tom Jones, Martins and Oluwole, bringing trading activities to an abrupt end as traders and shop owners hurriedly closed up and fled the areas.

The rival gangs were said to have shot sporadically in different directions as they displayed assorted arms and ammunition including guns, machetes and charms, and in the process, left many injured.

The popular Idumota market was deserted as traders ran for their lives for fear of getting caught up in the fracas as the street urchins tried to show their supremacy.

While reacting to the clash, the Lagos State government had released a statement appealing to the leadership of the NURTW to end their violence and stop the bloody fights.

The appeal which was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Central Business Districts, Gbenga Oyerinde, urged the warring factions to embrace peace.

Oyerinde who attributed the violence to the infiltration of the area by street gangs and hoodlums from other parts of the state under the guise of membership of NURTW, noted that the government was doing everything within its power to restore the peace of the area.

The situation was later brought under control after the Lagos State Police Command drafted a team of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) to the area to restore calm.

A statement posted on the Twitter handle of the RRS on Friday confirmed that peace had returned to the affected areas.

“Idunmota, Tom Jones, Martins, Oluwole and other parts of Lagos Island are calm and peaceful,” the statement reads.

Commuters, traders and transporters are moving on with their normal businesses.

“Policemen from various units and divisions are on ground to prevent breakdown of law and order.”

A Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Gov. Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, also confirmed that calm had returned to the area after the RRS team was deployed to “ensure law and order.”

“SITUATION REPORT for Idumota Lagos Island: The @rrslagos767, @Taskforce112 and Area A Police Command are fully on ground to ensure peace in the area; Idumota, Tom Jones, Martins, Oluwole and others are calm this morning, everyone is going about their lawful duties.

“Not all shops are fully opened but security agencies on ground have assured market men and women to open their shops, they have also mounted specific positions to forestall any form of violence or hoodlums taking advantage of the situation,” Gawat tweeted.

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Police arrests 58 suspected criminals in Lagos Island

February 10, 2021 No Comments

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.