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.