CRIME: POLICE ARRESTS TWO RIVAL CULT LEADERS, TEN OTHERS IN AGEGE, RECOVER HARD DRUGS
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In the constant cult and gang warfare rocking Agege and environs, officers from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have detained two leaders of competing cult gangs and ten others.
The arrest of the fourteen individuals is part of a larger effort by the Lagos State Police Command to strengthen security in Agege and throughout the state.
Rasheed Abdulateef, also known as Adagun, is 25 years old, and Abubakar Mohammed, also known as Yaba, is 29 years old. They are the heads of competing cult gangs.
Daramola Idowu, Anjorin Lateef, Akeem Odusanya, Sulayman Odusanya, Alasela Olamilekan, Apelogun Elijah, Musa Mali, Moses Sunday, Isiaka Hassan, and Musa Thairu are among the other suspects apprehended.
The accused were apprehended over the course of two weeks in sting operations supervised by Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi.
The arrest of the two opposing gang leaders, Adagun and Yaba, as well as their gang members, came after months of intensive intelligence gathering in the Agege neighborhoods.
A rifle butt, a police vest, pepper spray, a knife, a machete, and hard drugs were among the items recovered from Adagun.
Furthermore, two other suspects, Monday Okezie, 36, and Oluwasegun Oladipupo, 32, were detained with huge quantities of codeine, tramadol, and rohypnol and have been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The remaining suspects were handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for additional investigation and possible prosecution.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, has informed the people of Agege and Lagos State in general that the Command will continue to tackle cultism and related crimes in order to ensure enduring peace in the state.
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