The Lagos
State Government destroyed/burnt weeds suspected to be Indian hemp worth
millions of naira recovered from arrested miscreants and hoodlums during the
fracas at Mushin recently.
The Chairman
of the Lagos State Task Force SP Olayinka Egbeyemi with the enforcement team of
the Agency destroyed/burnt these illegal drugs, codeine, Indian hemp and other
outlawed drugs at Olusosun Dump Site in compliance with the order of Magistrate
Tosin Ojuromi of the Lagos State Mobile Court at Oshodi.
SP Egbeyemi
disclosed that Magistrate Tosin Ojuromi recently gave the 'Court Order' after
the prosecution of 36 miscreants and hoodlums arrested during the fracas
between Alamutu and Akala-Elegba boys at Idi-oro where innocent citizens were
killed and injured with properties worth several millions damaged.
However, in
order to make the entire Mushin area more secured for both businesses and
residential, the operatives of the Agency led by SP Olayinka Egbeyemi again
over the weekend arrested another 115 miscreants and hoodlums during an
over-night operations carried out around Fadeyi, Akala and Idi-oro area of
Mushin.
These newly
arrested 115 miscreants and hoodlums consists of 113 males and 2 females.
Meanwhile, during preliminary investigation carried out by the Agency, one of
these newly arrested 115 miscreants and hoodlums 'Lanre Olowojobi (a.k.a Pumpy)
was a notorious criminals who have killed and raped innocent members of the
public around Mushin area.
Lanre
Olowojobi (37yrs) from 'Ipoti' in Ekiti State made a recorded confessional
statement that since the fracas started dated back to January 29, 2010 he had
killed with guns and injured several people with dangerous weapons.
He disclosed
that 'Pump Action' guns and other dangerous weapons being used during any
fracas around Idi-oro, Fadeyi, Akala area of Mushin were in the custody of
thier group leader one 'Toba Ajiboye' who is currently the Chairman of the
NURTW Obalende Unit, Mushin.
While the
Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr. Fatai Owoseni directed that all these
newly arrested 115 miscreants and hoodlums be charged to court, he ordered that
Lanre Olowojobi (a.k.a Pumpy) who made a volunteered confessional statements be
immediately transferred to State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti, Yaba,
Lagos for further investigations.
They were
arraigned under Magistrate Lateef Owolabi of the Lagos State Mobile Court at
Oshodi with 3 counts charged of 'Belonging to unlawful society, Conducts likely
to cause Breach of Peace and Disorderly manner without visiable means of
livelyhood' all punishable under Sections 40 (1)(d), 168 (1)(d) and 116 (1)(a)
of the Lagos State Criminal Laws.
Magistrate
Lateef Owolabi of the Lagos State Mobile Court who prosecuted these newly 114
arrested miscreants/hoodlums at Oshodi however sentenced individual of them to
one year imprisonment each with N70,000 as an option of fine after they all
pleaded guilty to the 3 counts charged interpreted in different languages to
them.
Registrar of
the Lagos State Mobile Court Mr. Olanrewaju Jamiyu hinted that the judgement
was to sent a signal to other notorious miscreants and hoodlums across the
ensure State to shun violence and other criminality activities.
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