Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a businessman, Friday Okeke, for allegedly sodomising two underage boys in the Lagos Island area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana said Okeke lured the victims into his shop on Kose Street, where he perpetrated the crime, adding that a team of detectives from the command arrested the suspect.

The PPRO stated,

“On Saturday, July 27, 2019, around 11.30am, the Ebute Ero Police Station received a complaint from two different parents (names withheld) against one Friday Okeke, 35, of 23 Kose Street, Lagos Island, that the suspect lured their two male children, aged 12 and nine, into his shop on Kose Street and had unlawful carnal knowledge of them through their anus.

“The victims were taken to a general hospital for medical treatment and forensic examination. The suspect was arrested by a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer, Ebute Ero Police Station, CSP Sina Olunlade. Investigation is ongoing and the suspect will be charged.”

In another development, one Yomi Olajide has also been arrested by men of the command for allegedly conniving with one Jamiu to steal an LT bus with number plate, JJE 713 XH, in the Shibiri area of the state.

Elkana said Olajide and Jamiu, who is still at large, used a master key to steal the vehicle from where it was parked, adding that during investigation, detectives recovered the bus from Olajide in Ogun State.

Elkana said Olajide would be charged for the crime, while efforts were ongoing to arrest Jamiu.

He stated,

“On Friday, July 26, 2019, around 7.30am, one Amaechi Ude of No. 15 Etegbin Road, Shibiri, Lagos, reported at the Ilemba-Hausa Police Station that his LT bus with number plate JJE 713 XH was stolen by unknown persons from where it was parked along the Etegbin Road.

“A team of detectives led by Inspector Kehinde Kareem swung into action and visited all the mechanic and scrap sellers’ workshops in the area in a bid to recover the stolen bus, but their effort was to no avail.

“Acting on credible information, investigation was extended to the Atan area of Ogun State, where the vehicle was recovered and one Yomi Olajide, 39, of No. 14 Oremeji Street, Toll Gate, Ogun State, was arrested while driving the said vehicle.

“In his confessional statement, he stated that he and one Jamiu of the Toll Gate area, Ogun State, who is still at large, removed the said vehicle from where it was parked with a master key, which the police recovered from him.”