Wale Jagun
Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has again reassured residents in the state that robbery in traffic will soon fizzle out and become a history in the state with the deployment of human and material resources to combat the menace by State Police Command.
Odumosu confirmed the arrest of about 127 suspected traffic robbers at various locations within Lagos State from March, 2021, till date, noting that the command has been fighting robbery in traffic relentlessly, even before the recent donation of crime fighting equipment and communication gadgets to the command by the Lagos State Government
In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State Command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi (mnipr) on Thursday (yesterday), the Lagos CP added that the fight against the menace will be intensified and more effective with the new equipment from the Lagos State Government.
CP Hakeem Odumosu asserted that robbery in traffic has drastically reduced based on the available empirical figure of the isolated cases of robbery in traffic which is not unconnected to the command’s renewed anti-crime strategies being put in place.
“Similarly, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the combat training, musketry and range practice for Police personnel in the command should be continuous as the command also commenced the training of the police operatives attached to the newly formed Anti- Traffic Robbery Squad to tackle the menace of robbery in traffic in Lagos State”, the statement noted.
“CP Hakeem Odumosu strongly attributed successes recorded in the fight against crimes and criminality in the state to the training and retraining of police officers and men and constructive collaboration with the public and other security agencies in the state.
The statement also said that the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), nabbed two (2) notorious suspected robbers along Ikorodu Road, Lagos on 15th June, 2021.
The two (2) suspects are Tunde Ramoni, m, 21 and Adepoju Samuel, m, 34.
Tunde Ramoni, who hails from Ibadan, Oyo State, was arrested at Ojota, while Adepoju Samuel, who hails in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, was caught in the act while robbing a motorist with unregistered motorcycle (Okada) around Tipper area, Ketu, Lagos State.
During the course of investigation, it was revealed that Tunde Ramoni was once arrested with a gang of ‘Pickpockets’ in 2019 and was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment.
The Lagos State CP has, however, directed that the 2 suspects should be transferred to the Command’s Special Squad, Ikeja, for proper investigation and possible.
While reiterating the command’s zero tolerance for crimes and social vices in Lagos State, CP Odumosu ordered the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and tactical Commanders to redouble their efforts in securing public space across the length and breadth of Lagos State.
