POLICE ARREST SELF-ACCLAIMED “OBI OF LAGOS” ALONG WITH THREE ACCOMPLICES, FOIL PLANNED UNVEILING CEREMONY

The Lagos State Police Command today, Wednesday , September 10, 2025, successfully arrested a self-acclaimed traditional ruler who paraded himself as the “Obi of Lagos” along with three accomplices thereby foiling their attempt to mislead the public through an unlawful installation ceremony.

2.The principal suspect, Engr. Chibuike Azubike ‘m’, aged 65 years, an indigene of Obodoukwu Ancient Kingdom, Ideato North LGA of Imo State, was arrested

POLICE RESTORE NORMALCY IN OWODE ONIRIN AFTER DEADLY CLASH BETWEEN TRADERS AND LAND GRABBERS, DECLARE ONE ABIODUN ARIORI, CEO OF PROSPEROUS ARIORI GOLDEN VENTURE LIMITED, WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE KILLING OF THREE PERSONS AND SEVERE INJURY TO A POLICE INSPECTOR NOW ON DANGER LIST IN THE HOSPITAL. AND ALSO RESTORED LAW AND ORDER PROMPTLY IN BALOGUN MARKET AFTER A PUBLIC FIGHT BETWEEN HOODLUMS AND MISCREANTS AROUND BALOGUN MARKET

The Lagos State Police Command swiftly responded to the recent unrest in the Owode Onirin area of Lagos State and restored

POLICE ARREST NOTORIOUS ‘ONE CHANCE’ KINGPIN, BUST GANG AND RECOVER OPERATIONAL VEHICLE AND WEAPONS

Operatives of Ikeja Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a notorious ‘one chance’ kingpin and two members of his gang after responding to a distress call while
on routine patrol along Agege Motor Road in Ikeja. The suspects: Bode Oludayisin aged 53, Michael Sowunmi ‘m’ aged 22, and David Olawaye ‘m’ aged 20 were apprehended following an alarm raised by a victim who was being robbed by the syndicate in their minibus.

LAGOS STATE POLICE COMMAND DEPLOYS ANTI-CULTISM SQUADS IN ALL AREA COMMANDS ACROSS THE STATE, RELEASES PHONE NUMBERS

In its determined effort to tackle headlong the menace of cultism, the Lagos State Police Command has deployed Anti-Cultism Squads in all Area Commands within the state.

2. The squads have been equipped to respond swiftly and professionally to cultism-related threats and are tasked with conducting surveillance, responding to distress calls, apprehending cultism suspects, and working with local communities to dismantle cultism networks.

SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE JULY 12TH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION IN LAGOS STATE. MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL OF OTHER SECURITY AND SAFETY AGENCIES UNDER THE INTERAGENCY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON ELECTION SECURITY (ICCES) THROUGHOUT ALL THE POLLING UNITS UNITS AND COLLATION CENTERS IN THE 20LGAs AND 37LCDAs ALREADY COMPLETED AND RESTRICTION OF VEHICULAR MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT LAGOS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURITY AND SAFETY DURING THE LAGOS STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS SCHEDULED TO HOLD ON SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025

ARREST OF WANTED VICIOUS AND NOTORIOUS HIRED KILLER AND HEAD OF KILLERS GANG IN THE HISTORY OF LAGOS STATE IN RECENT TIME AND RECOVERY OF EXHIBITS

The Lagos State Police Command wishes to inform the general public of a significant breakthrough in its relentless fight against crime of violence and other criminalities in Lagos State. On June 20, 2025, Tactical Squad operatives of the Command successfully in a well-coordinated special operation, trailed and arrested one Wasiu Akinwande aka Olori Eso, a 44-year-old notorious hired killer and head of

SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR 2025 Eid el- Kabir Sallah Celebration in Lagos State LAGOS STATE POLICE COMMAND EMPLACED A WATER TIGHT SECURITY AND DEPLOYS MASSIVE
POLICE PERSONNEL, COMPRISING POLICE MOBILE FORCE UNITS
(PMF), THE STATE RAPID RESPONSE SQUAD (RRS), THE POLICE
EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DETACHMENT (EOD), COUNTER TERRORISM
UNITS (CTU), SPECIAL PROTECTION UNITS (SPU) AND OTHER TASK
FORCES, K9 UNITS AND POLICE MOUNTED TROOPS UNITS, TACTICAL
SQUADS AND OTHER CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL
OPERATIONAL DETACHMENTS WITH LOGISTICS THROUGHOUT
LAGOS STATE TO ENSURE

POLICE ARREST SIX MEMBERS OF WANTED GANG, RECOVER WEAPONS AND SUSPECTED STOLEN VEHICLE

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended six suspected gang members and recovered arms, ammunition, and an unregistered vehicle suspected to be stolen during a routine patrol on May 29, 2025. The operation is part of the Command’s ongoing efforts to rid the state of criminal elements and enhance public safety.

The suspects identified as Yakubu Oke, ’m’ aged 48, Teslim Balogun, ‘m’ aged 33, Emmanuel Osas, ‘m’ aged 33, Joseph Abah, ‘m’ aged 34,

POLICE ARREST TWO PRINCIPAL SUSPECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER IN COLD BLOOD OF A YOUNG LADY FROM NASARAWA STATE (NAME WITHHELD) INSIDE A SLUM “GANGARE“ BY THE CANAL BEHIND MILE 12 MARKET
⁃assure of a discreet and prompt conclusive investigation and prosecution of perpetrators

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two principal suspects who participated in the dastardly act wherein a young lady who hailed from Nasarawa State (name withheld) was tragically murdered in cold blood and her body set ablaze on May 24, 2025, in the slum

CLARIFICATION ON VIRAL VIDEO OF YOUNG MEN ARRIVING LAGOS IN LARGE NUMBERS AT IBEJU-LEKKI

The attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to a video circulating on social media showing a large number of young men who had reportedly just arrived in Lagos, seen gathered in front of the Dano Company premises in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State.

Upon receipt of the information on May 14, 2025, officers from the Command immediately deployed to the location to ascertain the facts. Preliminary investigations revealed that the young men

EXPLOSION INCIDENT INSIDE A CCTV CAMERA DEALER SHOP AT KODESHO STREET, IKEJA: POLICE COMMENCE INVESTIGATION

The Lagos State Police Command wishes to inform the public of an explosion that occurred this evening, 11th April 2025, at about 1835hrs, inside a CCTV camera dealer shop along Kodesho Street around Computer village, Ikeja, Lagos.

(2) The scene of the explosion and adjoining areas were immediately taken over and cordoned off by operatives of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit of the Command, The Mobile Police Detachment and Conventional

SERIOUS ASSAULT ON POLICE OFFICERS: SUSPECTS ARRESTED AS CP FAYOADE ORDERS IMMEDIATE TRIAL OF ARRESTING OFFICERS FOR THEIR UNPROFESSIONAL, UNETHICAL AND UNCOUTH MANNER OF ARREST

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade, mni has



ordered the immediate commencement of orderly room trial of the entire team of the police officers seen in a viral video assaulting a suspect that was resisting arrest.

Alausa Division of the Lagos State Police Command, having received numerous complaints on the flagrant abuse

PROPOSED PROTESTS: CP FAYOADE AFFIRMS ZERO TOLERANCE FOR LAWLESSNESS AND DISORDER

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Adegoke Fayoade, mni assures Lagosians that the Command has emplaced adequate measures to secure lives and property as well as ensure free flow of traffic and a peaceful environment for conducting respective lawful duties.

This assurance is necessitated by news making the rounds about protests scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, 2024, an action capable of impeding commercial activities and free flow of traffic.

RE: VIRAL VIDEO OF POLICE OFFICERS DEMANDING DRONE PERMIT ON LEKKI-IKOYI LINK BRIDGE

In response to a now viral video showing two police officers demanding a drone permit from a drone operating individual on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, the Lagos State Police Command 1/4 wishes to clarify that the police officers acted within the ambit of the law to demand to see a permit.

For emphasis, Nigerian aviation laws stipulate that a permit must be obtained from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the operation of drones 2/4

ARMED ROBBER ARRESTED WHILE TRYING TO ROB PLAIN CLOTHES PATROL OFFICERS OF THEIR PATROL BIKE

Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives in plain clothes, patrolling on a motorcycle, have arrested a robbery suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, aged 19 while trying to snatch their motorcycle.1/3 The machete-wielding suspect was arrested at about 4am on Acme Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja in company of four others now at large.

This is coming on the heels of the emplacement of regular foot and vehicular patrols in the area by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, 2/3

POLICE ARREST FOUR FOR FAKING KIDNAP, DEMANDING FIVE MILLION NAIRA RANSOM

Detectives of the Lagos States Police Command have arrested Margret Itodo ‘f’ aged 25, Agnes Ogbeh ‘f’ aged 23, Esther Anyanwu ‘f’ aged 24 and Anthony Chinakwe ‘m’ aged 24 for faking the kidnap of Agnes1/6 Ogbeh.

On March 19, 2024, Agnes Ogbeh, resident in Akure, had travelled to Lagos and was reportedly kidnapped in Lagos. The family back in Akure received a video showing Agnes and one other tied, gagged, and groaning with blood droplets around them. 2/6

POLICE ARRAIGN FOUR FOR UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND DRUG ABUSE
⁃court remands suspects till March 25

Following repeated complaints from residents of Harmony Estate, Aboru, Lagos about the activities of young men in the habit of converging around the entrance of the estate 1/8





in the morning and night gambling, selling/smoking hard drugs, harassing/hindering free movement of residents and extorting passers-by, operatives of the Command drawn from Area P, Alagbado carried out a thorough surveillance of the area 2/8

RE: GBAGADA EXPRESSWAY TRAVEL ADVISORY

The Lagos State Police Command wishes to debunk a now viral advisory on social media purportedly emanating from the Command about "an increase in kidnapping incidents along Gbagada Expressway." 1/5 The Command hereby states unequivocally that the claim that such a security alert was issued by the Lagos State Police Command is false.

That notwithstanding, the Command is not unmindful of the concerns raised in the alert. Consequent upon this, the Commissioner of Police, 2/5

POLICE ARREST MASTERMIND BEHIND DANGOTE-CEMENT-PRICE-SLASH SCAM

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Benjamin Ezeukwe aged 28 for masterminding and fleecing hundreds of innocent Nigerians in an elaborate cement-price-slash scam.

Benjamin was arrested on October 19, 2023 in Rumuolumeni area of Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State following weeks of intensive investigation by officers of Area A Command of the State Command. Found in his possession were one Tecno phone, one IPhone,

RE: CROWD DISPERSAL AT LEKKI TOLL GATE

The Lagos State Police Command is fully aware of false narratives making the rounds in relation to the dispersal of crowds at the Lekki Toll Gate yesterday, September 21, 2023.

It is instructive to note that the Lagos State Police Command had an agreement with the organizers of the candle light procession that the procession was to end at 8pm latest and should terminate at Muri Okunola, Victoria Island. It was clearly stated for avoidance of doubt that in the interest of all Lagosians and considering the heavy use

POLICE ARREST YORUBA NATION AGITATORS
- warn subversive elements to steer clear or face the wrath of the law
- assure of adequate security emplacements for inauguration ceremony

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two Yoruba Nation Agitators in the early hours of today The agitators, numbering fifteen, had stormed Alausa Police Division at about 0535hrs today, chanting, ‘Yoruba Nation has taken over,’ and injured some police officers who attempted to disperse them. Two of the agitators were arrested while the rest took to their heels following