Lagos police scorecard: 408 cultists, 255 armed robbery suspects, others nabbed between January and March

Joy Joseph, Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has said 408 cultists, 255 armed robbery suspects and 99 murder cases were handles in the command between January 1 and March 21.

According to the Commissioner of Police (CP), Hakeem Odumosu, who gave the Command’s score card in the period under review, 232 arms and 273 ammunitions were recovered, while 75 robberies were foiled.

Odumosu who briefed journalists on the modest achievements of the Command said 263 vehicles were also recovered, with 91 rape and defilement case recorded.

Speaking on how the arrests were made, Odumosu said the Command had harnessed all resources within its reach and instituted proactive strategies to enforce laws and orders in all areas which include traffic, criminal and health related issues, especially COVID-19 protocols in the state.

“It is not out of point to state that the efforts of the command have paid off in suppressing various criminal activities as well as traffic lawlessness by recalcitrant drivers, Motorcyclists and hoodlums who have been causing mayhems and engaging in other criminal acts like cultism, armed robbery, land grabbing, gangsterism, hooliganism, sexual abuses and domestic violence, ‘ he said.

” 127 hwndrr based cases, 1,592 hooldums, 532 suspects arrratws doe traffic offences, 103 fatal accidents, 2953 motorcycles were impimded for traffic offences 82 vehicles contravenes traffic laws, 598 for violating curfew, 22 bars and clubs were raided for violating Covid-19 rules, 997 arrested for Covid-19 offences, 184 motorcycles were recovered, and 10 tricycles were also recovered,” he added.

While revealing that 3,258 cases were charged to court by the Command, the police boss said
1,107 of the cases had been convicted.

Odumosu further stated that the cultists will be the first set of suspects to test the new law on 21-year imprisonment for cultists in Lagos.