{"id":72364,"date":"2023-05-25T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=72364"},"modified":"2023-05-25T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:25:09","slug":"lagos-police-command-celebrates-one-month-of-achievements-parades-75-year-old-grandma-cultists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/lagos-police-command-celebrates-one-month-of-achievements-parades-75-year-old-grandma-cultists\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Police Command Celebrates One Month of Achievements, Parades 75-Year-Old Grandma, Cultists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Police Command has said that it arrested a total of 40 suspected felons, who committed various degrees of criminality in the last one month ranging from armed robbery, stealing, kidnapping, cult attacks, murder and many more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72358 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0055.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0055-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0055-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0055-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0055-110x82.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0055-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0055-574x430.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>The command made the revelation while parading the felons before members of the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) and other invited press members at the Police Officers Mess, GRA, Ikeja, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, the Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, who was represented by the Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin &#8220;from all of these cases which we successfully cracked, we recovered a total of eight (8) arms, sixteen (16) live ammunition, six (6) vehicles, one (1) motorcycle, two(2) axes, nine (9) generators, seven (7) TVs, two (2) grinding machine, two (2) knives, one (1) home theater, twenty-seven (27) phones, Hard drugs and decomposing human hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72356 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0054.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0054-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0054-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0054-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0054-110x83.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0054-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0054-573x430.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>Among the cases under review was arrest of Adesiji Oluwatobi \u2018m\u2019 aged 44, and Oluwafemi Osoja \u2018m\u2019 aged 26, who dispossessed an Uber driver of his vehicle at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Others are arrest, by &#8216;credible intelligence&#8217; of some group of boys of rival cult groups including Ridwan Akibu \u2018m\u2019 aged 28, Farouk Kareem \u2018m\u2019 aged 22 and Damilare Ige \u2018m\u2019 aged 30. The command confirmed that the suspects confessed to being active members of Aiye Confraternity and also involved in the killing of rival cult group members and innocent residents during cult related clashes, and the arrest of a wanted notorious and deadly kidnapper, Shokki Ebis aka Nero \u2018m\u2019 aged 33yrs with one locally made dane gun, one live cartridge. He also confessed to being a member of a kidnapping syndicate terrorizing Ikorodu down to Redeem Christian Church of God back gate in Ogijo area of Ogun state, according to the PPRO.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72359 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0056.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0056-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0056-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0056-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0056-110x83.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0056-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230525-WA0056-573x430.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>Other criminals paraded were a 75 years old grandma, who was accused of keeping stolen goods for the criminals; three male, who killed an elderly couple and made away with their money and other valuables; two men, Monday Alfred \u2018m\u2019 aged 32 and Laitan Apanpa aka Emir \u2018m\u2019 aged 34 for unlawful possession of two decomposing human hands and other dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Also paraded were a gang of armed robbers; Saobanor Adesina \u2018m\u2019 aged 18, Boluwatife Oluwapelumi \u2018m\u2019 aged 23 and Idowu Oluwapelumi \u2018m\u2019 aged 20 for attacking residents of Jokogbola Estate, Agbede Ikorodu Lagos State and carted away Motorcycle, electronic, jewelries, laptop, nine (9) cell phones and case.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming that the Command will charge all suspects to court immediately,\u00a0CP Idowu Owohunwa, assured Lagos residents that the command &#8220;would continue to do everything operationally possible to ensure that crime and criminality is brought to the barest minimum in the State.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Police Command has said that it arrested a total of 40 suspected felons, who committed various degrees of criminality in the last one month ranging from armed robbery, stealing, kidnapping, cult attacks, murder and many more.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[154,552],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-72364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crime","category-news","tag-lagos-state","tag-lagos-state-police-command"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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