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  • LASG orders illegal occupants around Obalende bridge to leave in 48 hours

    LASG orders illegal occupants around Obalende bridge to leave in 48 hours

    The Lagos State Government, on Monday gave 48 hours to people trading or living under and around Obalende flyover to quit.

    The Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce on Environment, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, gave the order when he visited the area to intimate the people of the government’s plan to demolish illegal structures within the vicinity.

    Egbeyemi said that the people had been served quit notices  four years ago and that Gov. Akinwumi Ambode visited the area six months ago to restate the need for them to move.

    “Lagos State Government has resolved that no bridge would be a hideout for criminals and illegal activities.

    “Everyone under Obalende Bridge is there illegally.

    “We don’t want to arrest or carry people’s property away, hence, 48 hours grace is given to them to move on their own or they will be forced to do so,” he said.

    Some of the structures are churches, mosques, traders, food vendors, mechanics and residences.

  • Lagos task force arrests suspected kidnapper at Oshodi

    Lagos task force arrests suspected kidnapper at Oshodi

    Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Task Force) have arrested a man, Idama Endurance who was alleged to have abducted a 6 months old baby girl, Darasimi Akinyemi, at No 55, Oshodi Road, Oshodi, Lagos.

    According to a press release signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Agency, Adebayo Tolaofiq Endurance was arrested during a midnight patrol by officers of the taskforce between Sunday and Monday night.

    The Chairman of the Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Superintendent of Police disclosed that the suspect would have been lynched to death but for the quick intervention of his men who were on duty who saved the situations.

    According to Egbeyemi further preliminary investigations conducted by the Agency revealed that the suspect who stays in the same compound with the mother of the child illegally entered her room at mid-night.

    The Chairman stated that the suspect would be transferred to Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos for further investigations with the directives of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr. Fatai Owoseni.

    The mother of the baby, Mrs Banke Akinyemi, 29yrs, said the suspect came into her room around mid-night while she was asleep and took her baby from het side.

    She claimed that it was the cry of her baby that woke her up and immediately the suspect dumped the baby and ran outside.

    Mrs Akinyemi who hails from Ejigbo in Osun State stated that it was her mother who is staying with her and other neighbours within the compound who quickly woke up and apprehended the culprit.

    According to her “If not for the intervention of the operatives of the Lagos State Task Force who were on a mid-night patrol the man would have been lynched to death”.

    Endurance, 31yrs, who hails from Obiakuruku area of Delta State debunked the allegations that he abducted the baby.

    He confessed to have gotten drunk at a birthday he attended the previous night and when he got home at mid-night he had to jump the gate as he could not locate the gate key.

    “Yes it was after i jumped the gate that i entered into thier room looking for a key to the gate as their door was not locked”.

    According to the suspect “Since i moved into the compound a year ago i have been eyeing the mother of the child and when our landlady told me she was two months pregnant then i immediately stayed off”

    Endurance who claimed to be trading on ‘linen clothing’ materials at Kairo market at Oshodi however confirmed  that other neighbours within the compound and passers-by have started beating him calling him ‘Kidnapper’ before the arrival of the operatives of the Lagos State Task Force.

    The landlady, Mrs. Johnson Esther of same address said she was surprised when the matter was reported to her, claiming that the activities of the suspect looked suspicious as he comes home late and usually jumped the gate to enter the compound most times.

     

  • Man ‘O’ War member jailed for phone theft

    Man ‘O’ War member jailed for phone theft

    The Lagos State  Mobile Court on Thursday sentenced one Moses Prince, a member of the Man ‘O’ War, to one-year imprisonment for stealing a Phantom 6 mobile phone ,valued at N150,000.

    The court’s magistrate, Mr Lateef Owolabi, convicted Prince for stealing while serving with the Lagos State Taskforce.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Mobile Court was established in 2016 to handle special criminal offences.

    The 34-year-old convict and a paramilitary officer with the Man “O’’ War committed the offence while serving with the Lagos State Taskforce.

    He pleaded guilty to committing the offence.

    Earlier, the chairman of the taskforce, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, had told the court that Prince stole the mobile phone at 22, Ereko St., Fadeyi in Lagos State during a raid.

    “Prince stole the mobile phone in the kitchen of one of the accused in the recent fracas in Mushin area of Lagos State.

    “The taskforce had raided Mushin area to arrest notorious miscreants who recently engaged in a bloody clash there,’’ he said.

    Egbeyemi said that the arrest and convict of Prince would serve as a deterrent to other officers who were usually involved in criminal acts during their lawful duties  to desist,” he said.
    NAN reports that the offence contravened Section 285 of the Criminal Code Law of t Lagos State, 2011.

    The section stipulates three years’ imprisonment for offenders.

  • Lagos task force arrests fake female beggar, son

    Lagos task force arrests fake female beggar, son

    A fake street beggar, 40 years old Mrs Chinagoro  Uwenke who uses her son to beg for alms was arrested by operatives of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) at Oshodi Thursday.

    Chairman of the Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Superintendent of Police (SP) while parading the suspect disclosed that there were many fake beggars pretending and deceiving innocent members of the public with different illnesses/diseases.

    According to a release from the task force, the suspect, Mrs. Uwenke confirmed that she bandaged her son’s leg with two rolls of white bandage and poured GV blue ink on the leg every day in order to deceived members of the public to give arms to the innocent boy.

    She said they both live at Oloko-danna near Ijora-Olopa area at Oyingbo and that she stopped her son schooling in JSS II at Oworebiri Secondary School at Ata Town in Abia State for street begging when she realised that it was a lucrative business where she made N3,500 to N5,000 on daily basis.

    According to the release, the woman said “I brought my son, Sunny Uwenke, 11 years old to Lagos five years ago to beg for arms while the remaining five children are at Ata Town in Abia State with their father”.

    She further confirmed that she made much money from arms at Oshodi than any other area of Lagos because of higher influx of people around the area.

    “She however pleaded with the government not to charge her to court as she is ready to go back to her town and re-unite with her family voluntarily.”

    Reacting to the arrest, Egbeyemi stated that the Agency is collaborating with relevant government Ministries, Agencies and Departments “to get rid of these beggars on streets/roads of Lagos”.

    The Chairman stated further that religiously, people should stop apportioning fake killer diseases / illnesses to themselves in order to attract sympathy from the public.

    Egbeyemi said the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni has directed that the suspect be immediately charged to court.