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

POLICE ARRESTS TWO OVER ATTEMPT TO SELL A TWO-MONTH OLD BABY.

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on Friday, May 26, 2023 successfully foiled an attempt by two women to sell a two-month old baby. The deal was uncovered in Oshodi when one Oge Okolie, aged 25, the intermediary between the mother of the baby and prospective buyer was suspected of stealing the baby. Passengers on a public bus noticed ceaseless crying from the baby with Okolie and questioned why she

2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT TAKES EFFECT SATURDAY 0000HRS-1800HRS

In line with the security architecture emplaced for the 2023 General Elections, human and vehicular movements will be restricted on Saturday, February 25, 2023 between 0000hrs and 1800hrs across all roads, waterways and airways in Lagos State.

In the same vein, security aides of public and private individuals, who have already been scaled down in accordance with the Electoral Act 2022, are not allowed to escort their principals to polling units and

POLICE ARREST 2 WITH LOCALLY MADE GUNS

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), in separate incidents in Lekki and Ojota, Lagos, arrested two suspects, 20-year-old Daniel Ojoh and 27-year-old Kudus Ahmed, with two locally made guns and charms. Upon receipt of credible information from the public, Daniel Ojoh was arrested at his workshop in Alagutan on Saturday, February 18, 2023, and a locally made gun with two live cartridges were recovered from him.

LAGOS STATE POLICE COMMAND DECLARES TAJUDEEN OLANREWAJU BAKRE WANTED
- Vows to deal with anyone engaging in breach of public peace

Following the emergence of a video earlier this week showing a man wielding a pump action rifle and threatening public peace, the CSP Egbeyemi-led Rapid Response Squad (RRS), working on actionable intelligence, carried out a sting operation on the residence of the man in the Surulere area of the state.

Found in the suspect’s residence were three pump action rifles, one Beretta pistol magazine,

2023 Elections: Lagos State Police Command Warns Purveyors of Fake News

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc, mnim, psc, has warned purveyors of fake news to desist from spreading misinformation capable of inciting violence in the state as anyone found wanting will be held accountable.

He gave this warning at a-day symposium organized for broadcast, print and online journalists by the State Police Command on fake news and its implication on security, especially in view of the forthcoming elections.