Seven
suspected criminals, who took part in kidnappings, armed robberies and pipeline
vandalism in Ikorodu, Arepo and Ibafo areas of Lagos and Ogun states, have been
arrested by the police.
It
was gathered that the suspects, who fled their camps when security operatives
launched offensives against their activities, were apprehended in Edo State,
where they had gone to regroup.
Sources disclosed that the suspects, who were
identified as Alawei Isaac, Ganpaei Amos Yieden, Abeniko Alfred, Luke Foroijoh
a.k.a. Oluku, Bebetebe Akowe, Daniel Ezekiel and Pawpaw Worimegbe, were rounded
up by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence
Response Team, IRT, following a directive of the IG, Ibrahim Idris, who ordered
that fleeing militants from Lagos and Ogun states should be trailed and
arrested.
It was further gathered that the IRT operatives, led by Abba Kyari,
got intelligence report indicating that the regrouping militants were
perfecting plans to rob three commercial banks and also kidnap a woman from a
wealthy family in Edo State.
A source, who spoke with Vanguard on condition ofanonymity, said that the militants had made statements and that they were
mainly from Arogbo in Ondo State, but fled to Edo because they learned that
security operatives had flooded Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State,
waiting for them.
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