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Seven suspects have been arrested for importing eight physically challenged children into the state for the purpose of begging. The Decoy Team of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos Police Command, which made the arrest said the suspects, along with six of their eight beggars, were arrested at Mobolaji Bank Anthony way after almost a week of monitoring. According to …

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Lagos State government said it has removed 1, 680 beggars, destitutes and mentally challenged persons from the streets of Lagos in the last one year. This is as 162 children wer also rescued during the same period. Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Agboola Dabiri, made the disclosure at a press conference in Lagos, said 1, 299 of the …

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