103 arrested for COVID-19 violation, robbery, arson in Lagos (Punch) The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, on Wednesday, paraded 103 suspects for allegedly violating the state government’s order to curb the spread of COVID-19, dispossessing unsuspecting members of the…
Burnt BRT buses, murderous miscreants, SARS atrocities and a lot more
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Suspects who burnt BRT buses, 518 others arrested (Nation) The police in Lagos on Tuesday paraded…
Lagos CP condemns burning of Ikotun, Ojodu police stations
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, on Thursday warned that the command will neutralise any move that will jeopardise security architecture and the maintenance of law and order in Lagos state. Odumosu, in a statement signed by…
Woman seeks justice for son blinded by cultists
Mrs Fausat Ayeni-Ibidokun, a former resident of No. 4 Odutan Street, Ketu, yesterday appealed to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, to intervene and bring the persons that…
Police arrest suspects over invasion of Abiola’s residence, theft
The police have made some arrests following Wednesday’s invasion of the Lagos house of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola, where property worth millions of naira were stolen. It was learnt that the…
Lagos CP says NYSC should be given priority in national issues
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Hakeem Odumosu, has suggested that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) should be given priority in national issues. Odumosu stated this, yesterday, when he received the Lagos NYSC State Co-ordinator, Mr. Eddy Megwa…
How Lagos boat helmsman caused 12 passengers’ death over N300 – Police
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, paraded a commercial boat helmsman, Bimbo Elebiju, for allegedly causing the death of 12 of his passengers while conveying them to their destinations. The victims were said to have drowned…
Produce my husband’s killers, widow of Agege crime buster tells police boss
Widow of Emmanuel Olufemi-Peters, Oluchi Ikpeka, has urged the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the state’s Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, to fish out the killers of her husband, a former commander of Community Police Sector (CPS) in Lagos.…
8 Lagos cops detained for extorting social media influencer
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested eight police personnel for their alleged involvement in the assault and extortion of a social media influencer, Olumide Bakare. Confirming the arrest, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said the errant…