5 suspected hoodlums arrested, arms recovered in fresh attack on police station
Detectives at the Lagos State Police Command have arrested five suspected hoodlums in a fresh attack on the Igando Police Station. The attack came three days after police officers attached to the burnt Igando Police Division, heeded to the Inspector General’s directive, urging them to go back to their duty post. It was learnt that […]
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Detectives at the Lagos State Police Command have arrested five suspected hoodlums in a fresh attack on the Igando Police Station.
The attack came three days after police officers attached to the burnt Igando Police Division, heeded to the Inspector General’s directive, urging them to go back to their duty post.
It was learnt that the hoodlums who appeared surprised after seeing police officers controlling traffic at the busy bus stop close to the burnt station, cooked up plans on Friday to attack the operatives.
It was also learnt that the gang had previously threatened to kill the policemen for returning to their duties.
Our correspondent further learnt that on learning of the planned attack, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Taiwo Kasumu, along with the Igando community task force, and supported by the Oba of Igando, swung into action on Friday night and arrested five hoodlums.
Items recovered from the suspects include two locally made guns, five cutlasses, charms and a large quantity of weeds suspected to be cannabis.
Those arrested were identified as Kelvin Johnson (20), Aderoju Theophilus (20) Adeleke Bankole (22), Adebayo Raimi (22) and Lateef Abdulmalik (19).
On interrogation, the suspects denied the allegation, saying they were bus conductors and vulcanisers.
Lagos police spokesman, who spoke on the arrest, said the suspects had since been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.
Armed hoodlums under the guise of the #EndSARS protest, earlier attacked the Igando Police Station during which they looted exhibits before setting it on fire.