The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested 46 suspected criminal elements during a clean-up enforcement operation carried out across parts of Lagos Island and Lekki-Epe corridor on Friday, recovering a gun and hard drugs.
The operation, which began at about 9am, was part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to rid the state of street urchins, miscreants, drug addicts, drug peddlers, illegal commercial motorcyclists (Okada riders), street traders, illegal ticket operators, and other criminal elements.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs, Lagos State Taskforce, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, on Friday.
The enforcement team visited Muri-Okunola Park in Victoria Island, Obalende Underbridge, Law School Junction, Maroko, Sandfill by Mobil Bus Stop, and Marwa Bus Stop along the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
The statement said a total of 46 suspects were apprehended during the operation.
Items recovered from the suspects included substances suspected to be Indian hemp, Colorado, and cannabis, one UTC cutlass, and one Dane gun, described as a metal object fabricated in the form of a pistol but incapable of firing live ammunition.
The agency said normalcy had been restored in all the affected areas following the operation.
It added that all arrested suspects would be prosecuted in accordance with the Lagos State Environmental Management and Protection Law, 2017, and the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018.
Speaking at the agency’s headquarters, the Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce and a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Adetayo Akerele, reiterated the agency’s resolve to sustain enforcement operations across the state.
Akerele said the task force would not give criminal elements operating in Lagos any breathing space, adding that the agency remained committed to maintaining law and order through continuous enforcement activities.
