91 gender based crime , 91 murders recorded in Lagos 

---- as  police arrest 1000 criminals in three months 

By Patience Ogbo 

It was  harvest of criminals on Monday when the Lagos State police command paraded over 1000  suspected persons for crimes ranging from armed robbery , cultism, murder , kidnapping  among others.

The Lagos State police boss CP Hakeem Odumosu while giving a breakdown of the achievements of the command during a press conference said the arrests were made  between January and March 2021.

He stated that ninety one gender based cases as well as ninety one murders were reported in the state within the period. 

According to the Lagos State Police command two hundred and thirty four suspected armed  robbers were  arrested, three hundred and forty-three suspected cultists, two hundred ,ninety-one people were murdered, while two hundred and thirty-five arms and two hundred and sixty-five ammunition were recovered during the period in the State.

seventy-five robbery operations were foiled, while two hundred and thirty-two stolen vehicles were recovered,ninety one rape and defilement cases were reported while one hundred and twenty seven gender based cases were reported. 

More so, he disclosed that the command raided and arrested 1,592 suspected hoodlums in the first quarter of 2021, while 532 motorists were arrested for traffic offences ,seized 2,953 okadas for violating traffic law, 103 fatal accidents were recorded ,82 vehicles were impounded for driving against the flow of traffic, while 509 vehicles were also impounded for violating COVID-19 curfew.

He added that 22 clubs and bars were raided during the period, just as 997 suspects were arrested for violating COVID-19 protocols, while 184 motorcycles and 10 tricycles were recovered.

Within the same period, 3,258 cases were charged to court by the police in the last three months, with 1,107 people convicted and fined.

According to him, “within the period under review, January-Mid March, 2021, the Command has harnessed all resources within its reach and instituted proactive strategies to enforce laws and orders in all areas which include traffic, criminal and health related issues, especially COVID-19 protocols in the state.

“It is not out of point to also state that the efforts of the command have paid off in suppressing various criminal activities as well as traffic lawlessness by recalcitrant drivers, Motorcyclists and hoodlums who have been causing mayhem and engaging in other criminal acts like cultism, armed robbery, land grabbing, gangsterism, hooliganism, sexual abuses and domestic violence.

CP Odumosu said the state police would continue to do everything in its power to fight crime and bring it to a minimal state.