MICHAEL AKINOLA
Five armed men, suspected to be fake members of the South West Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun, have been arrested by the Police in Lagos State for shooting some residents of Igbo olodo village along Ketu Omu Road in the Ikosi Ejinrin Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the Police operatives also recovered exhibits from the suspects, which included four locally made guns with 22 live Ammunition.
The invasion of the community by the armed men came some months after a 49-year old resident of the community, Alade Bello, was hacked to death by some armed hoodlums.
The arrested gunmen were identified as: Mojeed Lookman, Ajani Tunde, Adebayo Abdulahi, Opabola Rofiat and Abiola James.
The gunmen, who were led by a man, simply identified as Biodun Bashiru, claimed to have been mobilized to Lagos from Ede, Osun State.
A resident of the community, Sikiru Lasisi, while speaking with newsmen said, “Our lives have continued to be in danger from these people”.
“Now they are using armed uniformed men from another state to attack us after killing one of us during one of the attacks.”
Lasisi also stated that “This is not the first time these Amotekun men are coming here to shoot our people. They will just come, shoot sporadically and disappear”.
“On Wednesday, they came again and started shooting. .Some people were mobilized and the Police were able to arrest them.”
Rafiu Adewale, another resident of the Lagos community said, “The Police at State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, had already arrested four people over constant attacks on our lives and they were charged to Court”.
He also said, “The Police arrested Mukaila Nofiu, Hassan Kazeem, Wasiu Rasheed and charged them to Court”.
The resident also said that Policemen from the Zone 2 Police Command also arrested another member of the gang, Oluwatobiloba Adesanya and was also charged to Court”.
He pleaded, “The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police should save us from these hoodlums”.