The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested over
200 suspects for their involvement in the series of looting
recorded in the state.
Mr Hakeem Odumosu, who is the Commissioner of Police in Lagos,
paraded the suspects and some of the items recovered from them on
Tuesday at the Police Headquarters in Ikeja.
He explained that personnel of the command deployed on a
recovery mission went on a house-to-house search of all looted
items in various parts of the state.
The police commissioner stated that the arrested persons took
advantage of the #EndSARS protest and got mixed with demonstrators
to commit the crime.
He described the #EndSARS protesters as peaceful and
well-behaved citizens, noting that it took the police a lot of
professionalism before the suspects were arrested.
at the Police Headquarters in Lagos State on October 27,
2020.
“As far as I am concerned now, there is no #EndSARS person
there,” Odumosu told reporters while pointing to the paraded
suspects.
He added, “Because the #EndSARS people are responsible and
reliable members of the public. There is no #EndSARS person that
will go and carry a television, and you know when they mix with
them (the #EndSARS protesters), we need a lot of patience,
intelligence, and professionalism.
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“All these ones are mop-up operations that we are doing, there
is no way I will put on an army uniform without a trained army not
seeing fault in the way I put it on because I am not trained to put
it on. So, we have intelligence, we have sent our men out.”
generator recovered are paraded at the Police Headquarters in Lagos
State on October 27, 2020.
Reacting to the attacks on some police stations in the state,
the police commission insisted that the command has swung into full
security operations.
He assured peaceful residents of the security of their lives and
properties and urged them to continue to provide useful information
that would lead to the arrest of more suspects.
On stolen arms and ammunitions carted away during the attack on
police stations, Odumosu said the police have gone after the
hoodlums and were already recovering them.
paraded at the Police Headquarters in Lagos State on October 27,
2020.
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