The Police have confirmed the arrest of nine members of a suspected kidnapping gang, terrorising Lekki-Ajah axis of Lagos State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest on Friday in a statement.
Adejobi said that mobile policemen from MOPOL 20, Ikeja, and Maroko Police Division, carried out the operation to arrest the suspected kidnappers. He said the arrest was made after a shootout that lasted hours around one of the suspects’ hideout in the Lekki-Ajah axis of the state. The police spokesperson said that the suspects were members of a notorious gang of kidnappers operating in the Lekki-Ajah axis.
He said over the past weeks, the operations had recorded several achievements. “In a more recent happening, on March 17, 2024, at about 10:30 p.m., the Commander PMF 20, Ikeja, Lagos, led a joint team of mobile policemen and officers from Maroko Division to a suspected den of kidnappers where they arrested nine suspected kidnappers. “Three of their victims were also rescued, while 10 mobile phones and two POS machines were recovered from the suspects,” he said.
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