Police Bust Strip Club, Arrest 39 Suspects With Condoms During Covid-19 Lockdown

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Police operatives from Idimu Division in Lagos led by female DPO, CSP Adaora Dimaka, have stormed a popular strip club known as T Lox and arrested 39 persons watching nude ladies and recovered some condoms from them during the Covid-19 lockdown.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the arrest was made on Saturday April 24, 2020, at about 0130hours at the hotel located at Awori Street  at Ilepo Bus Stop, Egbeda area of Lagos.
It was gathered that the DPO, CSP Dimaka, received credible intelligence about activities there. She then mobilized, led her officers in the early hours of the morning and stormed the place. She and her team arrested the suspects, detained them before they were moved to the SCIID Panti, Yaba, Lagos for the alleged offence.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, who said that the suspects will be charged to Court for the alleged offence after the conclusion of investigations.
He said that the suspects violated the directive of social distancing and stay-at-home order as directed by both the Federal and State Government and will be prosecuted for the alleged offence.
 DSP Elkana stated that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, had warned those spreading fake news to desist as the Police have commenced investigations to fish out such persons and will be equally prosecuted for false information.

When our correspondent visited Idimu Police Division to speak with the DPO, Dimaka, she was said to have gone out for monitoring with her Police team in the area.

Police sources told P.M.EXPRESS that the suspects have been transferred to SCIID, Panti, Yaba, from where they will taken to Court for prosecution.

The Police had been working day and night to ensure that the spread of the Coronavirus was curtailed in the State for residents to live their normal lives through intelligence gathering and it was such information that led to the arrest of the suspects in the strip club.

It was also gathered that the Police boss has ordered that the hotel should be shut over their conduct during this period of lockdown.