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  • Celebrate Blck Axe Day, Get Arrested – Lagos Police to hoodlums

    Celebrate Blck Axe Day, Get Arrested – Lagos Police to hoodlums

    The Lagos State Police Command has warned members of the public against celebrating the 7/7 Neo Black Movement of Africa Day, otherwise known as the Black Axe Day, or else, they would be arrested.

    Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, a Superintendent stated this in a statement on Wednesday.

    The Police revealed that credible intelligence at their disposal revealed that some hoodlums and cultists had perfected plans to celebrate the Day on Thursday, July 7, 2022.

    according to the Police, “In view of this, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, in very strong terms, warns these groups with the intent to scuttle the peace being enjoyed in the state to shelve their plans.

    “Consequently, the command’s tactical teams, Area Commanders and DPOs in collaboration with other sister agencies are fully prepared to clamp down heavily on organisers, leaders and progenitors of such sinister groups whose aim is to cause wanton violence in the state.

    “The command is therefore using this medium to appeal to parents and guardians to warn their children/wards to steer clear of any unlawful gathering or society before, during and after the said date.

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    “Also, hoteliers are by this release warned not to allow their facilities be used for any cult-related gathering as owners of such facilities will be liable to prosecutions.

    “We urge residents to be law-abiding and vigilant, while going about your lawful duties without fear of harassment or intimidation.”

  • Police say Badagry distraught “oyibo” woman not a Yahoo victim

    Badagry, a border city in Lagos, was yesterday engulfed in an uproar when a seemingly incoherent white woman was allegedly rescued from her boyfriend said to be a Yahoo Boy.  In a video, which soon went viral, the lady whose nationality appears to be German, but came from the United States, was seen looking distraught and confused in public as she demanded to know where she was.

    But Lagos State Police Command  which stepped up investigations into the matter has now come out to clear the air on the true situation.

    Locals had alleged that the woman  was lured to Nigeria from her base by a suspected yahoo boy using diabolical powers. According to them she arrived in Nigeria three days before from California and had been holed up in the residence of her lover, a youngster, who is yet to be identified.

    They claimed that  when she regained consciousness in the morning, she demanded to know how and why she had ended up in his place.

    Neighbours allegedly got involved, separated them, and took them to the community leader, for further interrogation.

    A video of the woman lamenting her predicament to onlookers was shared online.

    However, TheNewsGuru.com can now confirm that  narrative has now been tagged as false by the Public Relations officer for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Ben Hundeyin who said: “False narrative! The woman is German. She has been living with her husband in that same house since February, 2019.

    “They had a misunderstanding yesterday which necessitated neighbours intervening. The Police arrived on time and took her to the station.

    “She declined to be taken to the German embassy. She insisted on going back home with her husband. The husband too very willingly made up with her. They are happily back home.

    “I deliberately left out the names to give them their privacy,” the Police spokesman concluded.

     

  • Police nabs fake soldier in Lagos

    Police nabs fake soldier in Lagos

    Samuel Msughter an unregistered soldier has been nabbed by operatives of the Lagos police command in the Epe axis of Lagos state TheNewsGuru.com can confirm.

     

    Benjamin Hundeyin, the state Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the development on Friday.

    According to him, the suspect specialized in escorting goods in army uniform, adding that an investigation had commenced to unravel the extent of his criminality.

    He said, “The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a fake soldier, Samuel Msughter, aged 28 on the Epe-Ijebu Road. The suspect specialised in escorting goods in full army uniform.

    “Investigation is ongoing to unravel the full extent of his criminality, especially with the uniform. The suspect will be charged to court at the end of the investigation.”

  • SP Hundeyin emerges as new Lagos Police Public Relations Officer

    SP Hundeyin emerges as new Lagos Police Public Relations Officer

    Superintendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin has assumed duty as the new Police Public Relations of the Lagos state police command replacing CSP Ajisebutu.

    The new PPRO’s appointment was announced in a statement released by the Command’s Administration Officer, DSP Stephen Kuti, on Wednesday.

    Hundeyin took over the position from CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu who emerged as the Lagos PPRO in August 2021.

    “Hundeyin holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Language from the Lagos State University, and an MSc in Legal Criminology and Security Psychology from the University of Ibadan,” the statement indicated.

    “He also holds a Certificate in Civil-Military Coordination from the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Training Centre, Jaji, Kaduna State.

    “He is equally an Associate of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and a member of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.

    “He was one-time PPRO at the Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, and was a member of the Nigerian contingent to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, in Sudan in 2020.”

    Until his recent appointment, he was the Administration Officer at the Force Public Relations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

    Kuti said that the public can reach the new PPRO (Hundeyin) on the telephone number 07062606717 or benjamin@hundeyin.com.

    The former PPRO,CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu will remain in the command pending the confirmation of his new position.

     

  • BANISE: BRT driver arrested, as victim’s corpse found

    BANISE: BRT driver arrested, as victim’s corpse found

    Lagos State Police Command has arrested the driver of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) bus, Nice Andrew, that took the late fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, 22, on February 26.

     

    Police confirmed the arrest of the driver shortly after the death of Bamise was made public.

     

    Spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, who confirmed the arrest, promised to provide further details later.

     

    The corpse was found lying on the Carter Bridge by Ogogoro Community, Lagos Lagos Island, Ajisebutu said in a statement.

     

    The police disclosed that the corpse has been deposited at the morgue of the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, for autopsy.

     

    Police said it has contacted her family members who have identified the corpse as that of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, the lady earlier declared missing.

     

    Ayanwola got missing while returning to Ota from Ajah on Saturday, February 26 when she boarded a BRT bus with number 240257 going to Oshodi at about 7:00 pm. at Chevron Bus-Stop.

     

    Bamise, the last born of the family, until her gruesome murder, worked as a Fashion Designer at Chevron Estate, Ajah.

     

    Bamise’s sister, Elizabeth Ayanwola, who was weeping profusely, demanded justice from the government.

  • Ayanwole Oluwabamise’s killer BRT driver arrested by Lagos Police

    Ayanwole Oluwabamise’s killer BRT driver arrested by Lagos Police

    The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT ) driver where 22 -year old Fashion designer, Ayanwole Oluwabamise boarded and got killed has been found and arrested by the Police in Lagos.

    A statement released by Lagos state police command spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu confirms his arrest, however, he has refused to go into details of his arrest but promised to do so at a later date.

    The deceased was declared missing by her family members the day she boarded the BRT bus, on her way to Ota from Ajah on Saturday, February 26.

    Upon sensing danger in the bus, she had sent the bus number and the image of the man who was suspected to be the driver to a friend and her family member. She boarded the bus at Chevron bus stop at around 7pm, she was heading to oshodi where she planned to connect Ota.

    The missing lady was found dead Monday morning on Carter bridge with report suggesting a ritual case.

    Confirming the report the police spokesperson in the state, Mr Ajisebutu, said the body was found lying on the Carter Bridge by Ogogoro Community, Lagos Island.

    Eye witness say that she was dropped there by a moving vehicle half dead.

    The deseased’s family have been notified and they have identified the body as the young fashion designer, Ayanwole Oluwabamise

    Her corpse has been deposited at the Mainland Hospital morgue in Yaba, pending when an autopsy will be carried out to ascertain the cause of her death.

     

  • #EndSARS: We’re battle-ready to enforce 24-hour curfew – Lagos Police Command

    #EndSARS: We’re battle-ready to enforce 24-hour curfew – Lagos Police Command

    The Lagos State Police Command says it is fully ready to enforce the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

    It vowed to resist every form of anarchy which the #EndSARS protest has brought upon Lagos after hoodlums hijacked the protest.

    Sanwo-Olu had on Tuesday imposed 24-hour curfew on the state beginning from 4.00pm today.

    A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi said due to the new development of violent attacks on police officers and men and formations, including innocent Nigerians in Lagos State, and the 24-hour curfew imposed by the Lagos State Government with effect from 4pm of today 20th October, 2020, the Lagos State Police Command wished to inform the general public that henceforth no protest or gathering or possession, under whatever guise, was permitted within Lagos State.

    The command said all security agencies had deployed adequate personnel to take charge and enforce the curfew across the state.

    “In the same vein, the command regrets to confirm the setting ablaze of Orile Police State today at about 10am, where some of our policemen were critically injured and unconfirmed reports state that one of them is dead.

    Lagos police ready for showdown

    “Its crystal clear that the EndSARS protest has been hijacked by hoodlums who want to run down the state and the police command will resist such state of anarchy, unrest and brouhaha with all powers within the ambit of the law,” it said.

    The statement said while the command was resolute in sustenance of human rights and democratic tenets, the general public was hereby warned to comply with the curfew and desist from any act of violence in the state as the command would resist such in totality.