In the wake of the robberies in Ogun and Lagos states following the coronavirus lockdown, the police say they have arrested no fewer than 191 suspects.
WuzupNigeria reports that the arrests follow the deployment of operatives from the Police Mobile Force Unit, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad, to Lagos and Ogun States by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to beef up security.
The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, in a statement said the intervention team is being coordinated by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Research and Planning, Peter Ogunyanwo.
Mba said the IG had also directed commissioners of police across the country to review the security architecture in their various commands to effectively tackle emerging crimes associated with the COVID-19 lockdown.
“They are also to intensify patrols around residential areas, markets, shopping malls and all critical national infrastructures in their jurisdictions. The Assistant Inspectors General of Police in the 12 zonal commands have also been directed by the IGP to bring their supervisory role to bear by ensuring that the commands under their zones are safe and secure for the citizenry to live and thrive.
“A total of 191 suspects have been arrested in Lagos and Ogun states in connection with the incidents. The following exhibits: 15 locally-made guns, 52 live cartridges, 42 cutlasses and axes and large quantity of weeds suspected to be marijuana have been recovered from the hoodlums by the police teams in the Agbado, Ifo, Otta and Agege areas,” the statement read in part.
