Police apprehends four militants in connection with Igando attack

– Police apprehends five, including a woman and her baby over illegal bunkering in the area

– The suspects were arrested after the murder of a police officer in the Igando area of Lagos.

The operatives of the Lagos state police command have apprehended three members of a militant group in Lagos.

The suspects, Sylvester Ebi, Preye Munbo and Isaiah Ikechukwu who were said to be members of a militant gang terrorising Iba and Igando areas of Lagos, were apprehended by the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state, during a raid in monkey village.

Lagos state commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni

According to The Nation, the suspects were arrested following the murder of a SARS operative in the area.

The security operatives also arrested a woman with her baby, who is said to be an informant and wife to another member of the gang who escaped arrest.

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The suspects were nabbed while providing information on security operations in the area, but upon interrogation, they confessed to be engaging in illegal oil bunkering.

Confirming their arrest, the state’s commissioner of police, Fatai Owoseni, said investigation was in progress, adding that it has been established that the suspects were accomplices.

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According to him, investigation revealed that the woman usually harboured militants, as well as keeps their weapons. He said that some of the criminals usually changed into military camouflage at her residence, and those of other suspects.

The commissioner said: “At the moment, we do not want to tag them militants. I can tell you that from preliminary investigations, they were accomplices. Some of the militants usually changed into military camouflages at the woman’s place. The information we got also indicated that she keeps weapons for them. We are investigating the case.”

Meanwhile, the anti-extortionist squad in Lagos state have arrested 65 policemen over the past month. Information was made public by the commissioner of police in Lagos state, Fatai Owoseni.

According to the commissioner, the arrests were made in different parts of the state in compliance with the directive Ibrahim Idris Kpotun, the acting Nigerian Inspector General of police, on zero tolerance to corruption and unprofessional conduct.

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