Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 37-year-old apprentice, Ayuba Ezekiel, for alleged kidnap and stealing. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred on 24 November 2023, at the CMD Road, Ikosi Ketu. Ayuba was employed as a sales boy by the kidnapped victim, Juliana Adamma, a horticulturist. On 24 November 2023, the victim’s brother reported the incident …

The police on Thursday continued their investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. This followed the invitation extended to Mohbad’s family and the group of persons mentioned in the ongoing probe of the illegal embalming of the deceased’s body following his death. PUNCH Metro reported that Boluwatife Adeyemo aka Darosha who was …

Men of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos, Lagos State have allegedly refused the lawyers of the detained journalist with Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Daniel Ojukwu, access to him. A lawyer, Ridwan Oke, disclosed this on X.com, on Saturday. It was reported that Ojukwu was said to have gone missing on Wednesday and was unreachable as his numbers …

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a one-year-old baby during an attack at Egan Oriomi, in the Otto Awori Local Council Development Area of Ojo, Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that some residents of the community, who got caught up in the attack, also sustained …

Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a dispatch rider, Matthew Odah, 27, for selling three iPhones worth N1.7 million entrusted to him for delivery. The RRS disclosed this in a statement on its X handle on Sunday. The statement partly read, “Odah, on August 23, 2023, while working as a …

Policemen attached to the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, on Sunday, foiled an attempt to hijack their patrol bike in Ikeja. A 19-year-old suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, was arrested as four accomplices escaped. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Hundeyin stated that the officers were on a patrol in plain clothes when the …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two undergraduate friends, who faked their kidnap to extort their parents. The suspects are 21-year-old Balogun Ayodele, a 200-level student at Lagos State University of Education, Ijanikin, and Okuomo Dennis, also 21 years old and a student at the National Institute of Information Technology, Lagos. The Police said the suspects came out of …

The police command in Lagos State has uncovered a company that allegedly deals on fake alcoholic drinks. The command also arrested four suspected perpetrators of the crime. In a statement on Thursday, the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin said that operatives from Isokoko Police Division, acting on credible information, raided a house in Agege, where the fake alcoholic drinks were …

The Lagos Police Command has arrested one Adepoju Ifedayo for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old sister. This was made known in a statement shared by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin, on his X account on Saturday. Sharing a picture of the suspect, Hundeyin wrote: “Adepoju Ifedayo reported to the police that his neighbour allegedly defiled his 13-year-old …

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the extortion of a motorist by one of its officers, ASP Luka Bashayi of the Ogudu Area Command on Saturday. A video which went viral on X on Saturday showed the policeman telling the driver of the car, “make am N10,000 , sharp sharp and go now” as the driver replied …