The Lagos State Police Command has
arrested seven suspected illegal immigrants and drug traffickers.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, while confirming the arrest of the suspects,
explained that on March 14, at about 10:30am, operatives from Oke-Odo Police
Station, while on routine patrol along Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway intercepted seven
young men at Super Bus stop, Abule-Egba, Lagos.
He added: “Upon questioning, they
claimed that one Okechukwu, who resides in Ghana collected money from them and
promised to take them to Libya, but brought them to Nigeria, after which he
abandoned them at Super bus stop. Three Ghanaian passports and some capsule
suspected to be illicit drugs were recovered from them. Investigation is on-going.”
In another development, the police
arrested two suspects who specialised in breaking and entering. The suspects
were arrested on March 13, following a sustained surveillance from detectives of
Ikorodu Police Station. The suspects are Julius Peter (32) and Paul Ozurumba (35).
According to Elkana, the suspects were
arrested following series of shop breaking and stealing complaints received
from shop owners.
He said: “One of such cases was reported
on March 13, by Olamide Assau and Liasu Elizabeth, both of No. 57 Ashafa Road
off Organelle Road, Igbogbo Ikorodu. Items recovered from the suspects include
a large quantity of electrical fence wires, clothes, shoes, bags, Ankara
clothes, laptops among others. Also recovered from the suspects were shop-breaking
implements. The suspects have confessed to the commission of the crimes.”
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