The dreaded criminal gang known as ‘One Million Boys’ has suffered
serious set back after they had mobilized to rob the residents of
Olugbade in the Egbeda area of Lagos and were smashed by the Police
operatives led by a female DPO on Saturday.
P.M.EXPRESS reports
that Police operatives from Idimu Division under Area M Command, Lagos,
led by a female DPO, CSP Adaora Dimaka, engaged the dreaded gang in a
fierce battle and arrested 8 of the suspects during operations in the
area.
According to the residents, the bandits informed them
through a letter they reportedly pasted on the walls that they were
coming that day. The Police were duly informed and they mobilized to the
area. Unknown to the bandits that the Police and the residents were
ready for them, about 20 members of the gang invaded Olugbade Community
in Egbeda area of Lagos at about 2pm and started robbing people of their
valuables claiming to be ‘One Million Boys’.
However, they suffered
terribly after the DPO, Dimaka, received information and immediately led
her officers to the scene. The operatives dislodged the gang and
arrested some suspects while others escaped and now at large.
The
operation carried out by the Police caused wild jubilation in the area
which attracted the attention of P.M.EXPRESS correspondent, who then
visited the area and confirmed the arrest.The identities of the suspects
arrested were yet to be disclosed by the Police because of the
sensitive nature of the incident and other suspects now at large.
However,
the suspects were detained at Idimu Division and were said to be
undergoing interrogation and some substances suspected to be Indian hemp
were recovered as exhibits.
When P.M.EXPRESS visited Idimu Division,
the DPO, Adaora Dimaka, was said to have led a Police team for
monitoring in the area.Police sources at the Station confirmed the
arrest and said that the suspects will be transferred to the State
Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, SCIID Panti, Yaba,
Lagos, for further investigation.
The Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, had earlier warned that there is no space
for criminal elements to operate in Lagos and had directed both the Area
Commands and DPOs to fish out any criminal element in their area and
ensure protection of lives and property despite the lockdown over the
Coronavirus pandemic.
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