36 crime suspects, among them a pastor, who
were arrested for various criminal activities in
Lagos State were paraded by the police on Friday,
January 22.
Pastor Titus Onwuchekwa of the Presbyterian
Church, Umuahia in Abia State and Osas Felix
from Edo State specialized in buying stolen
vehicles from robbers and selling to unsuspecting
people.
Other suspects includes: Bola Salami, 30,
Opeyemi Aregbesola, 28, Chibuike Umeh, 22, and
Ndibe Samuel. Oluwaseyi Adetifa, Nofiu Ramoni,
Saka Apalara, Ahmed Apalara and Waisu
Alaparara
According to the statement made by the Lagos
State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni,
an unregistered Toyota 4 Runner SUV, Toyota
Camry with registration number AAA 391 AA,
Toyota Camry with number FKJ 441 DV, Lexus
Rx30 with number LSR 520 RF, Toyota Highlander
SUV with number LSR 492 DX and Mitsubishi
Pajero SUV with number SMK 484 DS were
recovered from the suspects.
Twelve guns, six axes and four cutlasses were
recovered from the suspected cultists. Some of
the suspects confessed to having been involved in
kidnapping, fraud, motorcycle robbery among
others.
The CP noted that the rate of crime and other
criminal activities was gradually declining in the
state, a success he attributed to human capacity
of the force and the quantum of logistics and
moral support given to the Command by the
State government. He disclosed to newsmen that
the police were able to achieve these within two
weeks, between 7 January to 21 January, 2016
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