Crime: Lagos Police Arrest 2,176 Suspects In 5 Months

By Abimbola OgunaikeJanuary 12, 2025No Comments170 Views

Lagos State Police Commissioner Olanrewaju Ishola, has disclosed that the command under his leadership arrested about 2,176 suspects between September 2024 and January 2025.

Ishola, who made this disclosure on Saturday, while briefing newsmen on the Command’s recent achievements, added that the 2,176 suspects were arrested for various offences, including murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, among others, adding that all the suspects had been charged to court for prosecution.

Breaking down the figure of the arrest, Ishola said that four suspects: Emeka Akwara, 19; David Segun, 21; Samuel Ariori, 21; and Lukman Ariori, 19, who allegedly murdered an Uber driver were arrested.

“On January 9, the suspects ordered for an Uber ride at Chevron in Lekki area en-route Obalende.

“On getting to Obalende in a lonely area, they robbed and killed the driver by stabbing him multiple times on the neck, unfortunately they were unable to snatch the vehicle.

“With the intervention of good Samaritans and passersby, two of the suspects were immediately apprehended and handed over to police and further investigation led to the arrest of the other two fleeing suspects.

“The deceased corpse was deposited in the Morgue at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, and a Toyota Camry Big Daddy AGL 650 HN and knives were recovered from them,” he said.

According to him, some other murder suspects – Edmond Julius, 34; Abdullahi Umar, 32; and Saturday Oke, 40, were arrested for allegedly killing another Uber Driver, Oluwaseyi Fowler, on September 12.

The Lagos police boss added that on October 15, the police also arrested two cultists, Samuel Ojenuga and Abdullahi Yusuf, members of the Aye Confraternity, for alleged murder.

The police commissioner revealed that a notorious armed robbery syndicate led by one Fatai Lawal a.k.a Bullet, operating between Ijora and Isashi, along Badagry Road, was on Sept. 28 smashed.

In the same vein, the police boss said that a gang of alleged robbers led by one Godwin Chukwuma, 23, and Solomon Balogun, 23 were also arrested.

Ishola said that on November 22, a traffic robber, Oguche Sylvanus, 27, using an unregistered Faragon Bus with the Lagos State commercial colour to terrorise commuters along Ikorodu Road was arrested.

The commissioner of police , who said three suspects were arrested for alleged kidnapping, also said that on 23 October, 2024, the police arrested two kidnappers: Hassan Samson, 35 and Segun Akinola, 27 at Era area of Ojo, Lagos and rescued the victim unhurt.

According to him, the police also arrested five suspects for allegedly kidnapping one Azeez Olosa at a dredging site called pump and sell, adding that the victim had, however, been rescued.

He said the police recovered firearms abandoned by the fleeing suspects.

Abimbola Ogunaike