About 220 people were murdered in Lagos between January and November this year
while 335 vehicles were reported stolen within the period.
It was learnt that most
of the murder cases were recorded during cult clashes and street gangs.
Speaking during the ninth
Town Hall Meeting on Security, the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who
gave the statistic of various crimes perpetrated by hoodlums from the beginning
of the year, said 207 of the vehicles were removed from where they were parked
while 112 were snatched.
Owoseni added that the
police were able to recover 233 stolen vehicles and items worth N1.4 billion
between January and November.
Lamenting that the most
prevalent crime in the state was murder, Owoseni assured residents of improvement
in response time to distress calls.
The police chief also
called on Lagosians to support the police with prompt information on crimes and
criminals.
He said: “The most
prevalent crime in the state is murder. Two hundred and twenty-two (220) cases
were recorded between January and November 2015 and a large number of the cases
were occasioned by cult clashes and street fights.
According to him, 27 of
the cases were recorded in January while 15, representing the lowest, occurred
in March.
A brief breakdown of
the location in the state showed that 26 of the cases were recorded within Area
‘C’, Surulere, followed by Area ‘N’, Ijede in Ikorodu with 25 cases.
The commissioner
disclosed that 335 vehicles were reportedly stolen between January and
November.
He said: “Of this, 207
were removed from where they were parked by their owners, 112 were snatched and
16 driven away by drivers of unsuspecting owners who employed them.
“Forty-one cases of
cult clashes occurred with Area ‘C’ Police Command recording the highest with eight
cases followed by Area ‘N,’ Ijede, ‘A,’ Lion Building and ‘H,’ Ogudu where five
cases were recorded each.
“Forty-four cases of
armed robbery attacks were reported during the period under review. Of this
number, 11 cases were recorded within Idimu Police Area Command and six recorded
in Ikeja axis of the state.
“Twenty-four traffic robbery
cases were reported in the state, with 11 recorded in September. Four cases of
rape/defilement were recorded within the period under review.
“Twenty-five cases of
kidnapping were recorded within the period under review. The breakdown showed
that six kidnap cases were recorded in Ajah axis of the state, five in Ijede
while four cases were recorded in FESTAC axis.”
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