Police release 123 arrested Jigawa indigenes after profiling,

* PPRO says nothing incriminating on them

The 123 indigenes of Jigawa state arrested on Friday in a truck
at Agege with 48 motorcycles by the State Environmental Sanitation
and Special Offenses (Task force) were on Saturday released by the
Lagos State Police Command.

They were handed over immediately to the police for profiling
after arrest but according to a report from POLISADMIN, Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Ikhana, said after
profiling of the men, nothing incriminating was found on them and
they were released.

He said the suspicion and subsequent interception of the truck
arose from the manner they came in, in large number sardined in a
truck, adding that most of them were living in Lagos and went homes
for the Eid-l-kabir celebration.

According to a statement by Commissioner for Information and
Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, the interception on Friday by the
task force was a proactive step to protect the state against any
external attack.

The task force, headed by Mr. Olayinka Egbeyemi a Chief
Superintendent of Police, had said the men were arrested following
a tip off by members of the public, who allegedly raised security
concerns about the manner in which the occupants of the truck
conducted themselves.

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