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…as police warn subversive elements to steer clear of state
With less than 24 hours to the inauguration of President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday arrested two Yoruba Nation Agitators in Lagos.
Just as some Yoruba Agitators in Ibadan, Oyo state had also stormed a radio Nigeria station with a view to taking over transmission before they were dislodged by the police.
Disclosing the arrest, the Lagos State Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin in a statement explained that the agitators, numbering about 15, had stormed Alausa Police Division about 0535hrs today, chanting, “Yoruba Nation has taken over,” injuring some police officers who attempted to disperse them.
In the process, two of the agitators were arrested while the rest took to their heels following the prompt and coordinated response of the police.
It was learnt that the suspects were arrested with charms, dangerous weapons and different offensive insignias bearing Yoruba Nation Army.
The police further disclosed that the agitators had claimed that they came to officially inform the Police that the United Nations had granted approval for the take off of Yoruba Nation.
The arrested suspects are currently assisting the Police in the ongoing investigation into the subversive plans of the group as well as their network of sponsors, all of whom will soon be unveiled and brought to deserved justice in the overriding internal security interest of the State.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, used the opportunity to warn all subversive elements to steer clear of the state as the Command is fully ready and has the strong will and operational orientation to bring the full weight of the law to bear on them or on any other elements that might attempt to disrupt the stable security order in Lagos.
The CP noted that the Command, while working in synergy with other security agencies, has maximally deployed its intelligence, human and operational assets across the length and breadth of the state to effectively suppress any ill-advised person or groups under any nomenclature who might be attempting to test the law enforcement will of the Command before, during and after the May 29, 2023 inauguration.
CP Owohunwa equally appreciated the good people of Lagos State for their unrelenting cooperation with the police and urged them to continue to manifest their patriotism by promptly reaching out to the police or nearest security agency whenever the need arises.
