A gang of suspected criminals who specialises in attacking motorists and road users in traffic ran out of luck on Monday when Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, arrived while they were operating and ordered their arrest.
The hoodlums were in the process of robbing a motorist when the governor’s convoy arrived the scene around Ojota in-bound Alausa.
He ordered his convoy to stop and his security men were able to apprehend three machete-wielding criminals who were dragging out an occupant of the vehicle being robbed.
Sanwo-Olu said the arrest of the suspects was a strong warning signal to other criminal elements and prospective traffic robbers in Lagos that there was no hiding place for them and their likes in the state.
Governor Sanwo-Olu recently handed over security equipment purchased by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, LSSTF, to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, for the use of Lagos Police Command, on Thursday June 10.
On the occasion he said the state was determined to stamp out all forms of crime.
“Let me also use this opportunity to sound a note of warning to all criminals who are operating in Lagos State or planning to operate here; all armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists, bandits, and other criminals, we will leave no stone unturned in making this state inhospitable to you.
“We will find you, wherever you may be lurking and we will bring the full weight of the law on you.”
The equipment handed over to the police by Lagos State government included 150 Double Cabin Vehicles, 30 Saloon Patrol Vehicles, 1,000 Ballistic Vests; 1,000 Ballistic Helmets, 1,000 Handheld Police Radios/Walkie-Talkies, 100 Security Patrol Bikes; two Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs), four High Capacity Troop Carriers and two Anti-Riot Water Cannon Vehicles.
