Naija News

FOLLOWING the Deputy
Inspector-General of Police
DIG directive Thursay in
LAGOS to commence arrest
of miscreants who set
bonfire along major roads in
Lagos, Police authorities in
Lagos yesterday announed
that it has arrested 130
miscreqants in the state.
The arrest sources said was
carried out at various
locations in the metropolis.
According to sources, as
early as 7.00am, police
detachment stomrd major
roads in the state where it
discovered that street
urchins popularly called Area
boys were setting bonfires
and extorting innocent
persons of their money and
valuables and arrested
them.
The rooads included the
Apapa/Oshodi expressway,
the Okorodu road, Obalende,
Ijora and Iyana-Ipaja. It was
gathered that the
miscreants werein their
usual
notoriety when the law
enforcement officers
swooped on them.
The DIG Mr. Azubuko Uda
had on Thursday in Lagos
after a closed door meeting
senior police officers in the
state issued a stern warning
against the setting of
bonfire an majors roads and
streets in the state saying
that it was capable of
destroying federal
government facilities buried
underground.
Aside this, the police boss
noted that the very essence
of the protest by the
organized labour over fuel
subsidy removal was being
hijacked by the miscreants.
He therefore, vowed that
the police was commencing
arrest of such unwanted
elements in the society.
The state police pub;ic
relations officer, Mr. Sameul
Jinadu who confirmed the
arrest said they will be
screend individually to
ascertained their respective
involvement adding that
those culpable will be
prosecuted for conduct
likely to cause breach of
peace.