Following recent activities of hoodlums and street urchins
in Lagos and Ogun States, the Inspector General of Police, M.A Adamu, on
Monday, ordered the immediate deployment of additional intelligence and
operational assets of the Force.
These include Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Federal
Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the
Special Tactical Squad (STS).
A statement by Force spokesman, Frank Mba, said they will
strengthen security and bolster public confidence in the affected areas.
The Intervention Team is being coordinated by a Deputy
Inspector General of Police, DIG Peter Babatunde Ogunyanwo, who doubles as the
DIG, Department of Research and Planning of the Force, and the coordinating DIG
for South-West.
They are also to intensify patrols around residential areas,
markets, shopping malls and all critical national infrastructures in their
jurisdictions.
The Assistant Inspectors General of Police in the 12 Zonal
Commands have also been directed by the IGP to bring their supervisory role to
bear by ensuring that the Commands under their Zones are safe and secure for
the citizenry to live and thrive.
The statement added that a total of 191 suspects have been
arrested in Lagos and Ogun States in connection with the incidents.
“The following exhibits, fifteen (15) locally-made guns,
fifty-two (52) live cartridges, forty-two (42) Cutlasses and axes and large
quantity of weeds suspected to be Marijuana have been recovered from the
hoodlums by the Police Teams in the Agbado, Ifo, Otta and Agege axis”, it
added.
“The IGP assures the citizens that the police will not sit
idly-by and allow activities of a few criminals to disrupt the peace and
security of the country. He commends Nigerians for their steadfastness,
patience, perseverance and vigilance at this critical time.”
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