Lagos records five murders weekly –CP

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said he was worried by the increasing cases of murder in the state.

 The commissioner said while some violent cases appeared to be going down, murder cases were on the increase.
He said: “In a week, we record at least five murder cases. And some of these cases make you wonder what is happening in the society.” Narrating some of the most trivial of incidents that led to murder, Owoseni said: “There was the case of twin brothers. One killed the other over a minor scuffle.
There was also the case of the man who drugged and slaughtered his wife. There was another case of two brothers, who while fighting over torch, killed each other.” The commissioner urged Nigerians to go back to the traditional method of resolving conflicts, rather than attempting to resolve such issues through killings. Owoseni was particularly worried about youths in different parts of Lagos, who resort to violence over levy collections on the road. According to him, such youths used to disturb public peace.
To check such violence, the police, he disclosed, had started engaging community leaders, youth leaders and political leaders in some areas in Lagos. The meeting, according to him, is for them to fashion out proper ways the group could be collecting levies.
He said: “At Arashibiri, Ajangbadi area, some youths went the rampage for two days over levies, instilling fears into people. In the process, one person was killed. Seven suspects have been arrested. The principal suspect, who killed, has been arrested. A locallymade pistol, believed to be weapon used in the killing, has been recovered.”
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