Lagos State Taskforce Arrest Sex Partners As Criminals

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force may have introduced a new dimension to indiscrimate arrests of the residents by going to various hotels to arrests sex partners as criminals.

P.M.EXPRESS reports as was disclosed by the Task Force Public Affairs Assistant Director, Adebayo Taofiq, in a release.
He stated that the Task Force during a midnight raid in some parts of the state arrested 77 suspected criminals including sex workers.

Some investigation carried out revealed that most of the suspects arrested had nothing to do with criminal intent but had gone to the hotels to have good time while they were raided, labeled criminals and arrested. Some of the suspects said that they were not arrested at midnight as claimed by the Task Force.

But the chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed that the midnight enforcement raid was carried out due to the incessant complaints by residents around Akowonjo, Egbeda, Shasha, Iyana-Ipaja, Ayobo and Abule-Oki in continuation of the total eradication of criminal hideouts across the state.
CSP Egbeyemi further disclosed that the enforcement raid was carried out on the directives of both the government and that of Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu. He stated that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police is focused on tackling current challenges and making sure that criminal elements were no longer allowed any free reign having assured that they will not be given freedom of space to practice any form of criminality.

He confirmed that after the Agency conducted a thorough screening of all those raided, only 12 males and 26 female sex workers without proper means of identifications were left to be prosecuted.

“We want to assure members of the public that there is a synergy amongst all security agencies across the State and that we will not renege in fulfilling our primary responsibility of protecting lives and properties”

The Lagos State Government, over breached of security peace, also took over the ‘Aluminum Village’ at Dopemu area of Agege.
CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi hinted that the enforcement team of the Agency demolished all illegal shanties where criminal elements (Awawa cult gang) used to hibernate to perpetrate their nefarious activities on innocent members of the public.

“A lot of criminal activities like rape, robbery and harbouring of criminals take place at ‘Aluminum Village’ on daily basis. We receive daily complaints about criminal activities about the area from residents and victims and therefore mobilised to dislodge them in the entire area and flushed out all criminals” he said.

The Chairman confirmed that 6 notorious members of dreadful ‘Awawa Cult Gang’ were arrested while their ring leader, Tobi Akinsanya, a.k.a ‘Scorpion’ who was just released from prison was at large.
According to the Chairman, “While we are still on the trail of these two prime suspects (Tobi Akinsanya) and his second in command (a.k.a Body), we want to assure members of the public that this ‘Awawa Cult Gang’ has murdered sleep and they will see no sleep anymore; we shall make sure that all of them are rooted out and they face the full wrath of the Law”
He however quoted the Commissioner of Police to have warned parents to always monitor their children and wards as anyone caught fomenting trouble or engaging in criminal activities such as selling or smoking illicit drugs, rape, cultism or robbery would be prosecuted in accordance with the Law.