The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three of their officers, their Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) counterparts working in cahoots with thugs.
They were arrested around Mile 2 area of Lagos between Friday and Saturday, August 5, 2023, alongside their collaborative 14 thugs.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure on Saturday.
Hundeyin stated that the arrests were carried out in an operation led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) in Lagos State, Fatai Tijani.
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He disclosed that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, set up a taskforce, which conducted the operation following reports of incessant extortion of motorists by thugs and some recalcitrant law enforcement officers.
The police spokesperson quoted Owohunwa as warning that any law enforcement personnel, irrespective of agency, found complicit in extortion racketeering, would be arrested and dealt with in accordance with the law.
“The CP promises motorists that the enforcement team would sustain the raids and replicate same in other parts of the state until total sanity is restored,” Hundeyin added.
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