LAGOS TASKFORCE APPREHENDS 46 CRIMINAL SUSPECTS
In continuation of the Agency’s ongoing clean-up enforcement exercise aimed at ridding the State of street urchins, miscreants, drug addicts, peddlers, illegal commercial motorcyclists popularly known as _Okada_ riders, street traders, illegal ticketers, and other criminal elements, the Agency commenced operations at 0900hrs today, Friday 24th July, 2026.
*Areas Visited:*
Muri-Okunola Park, V.I; Obalende Underbridge; Law School Junction; Maroko; Sandfill by Mobil Bus-stop; and Marwa Bus-stop along the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
*Arrest:*
A total of *46 suspects* were arrested.
.....recovers dane gun, narcotic drugs, other dangerous objects.
*Exhibits Recovered:*
Substances suspected to be *Indian Hemp, Colorado, and Cannabis*; *1 UTC cutlass*; and *1 dane gun* - a metal object fabricated in the form of a pistol but incapable of firing live ammunition.
Normalcy has been restored in all the areas visited.
All arrested suspects will be prosecuted in accordance with the Lagos State Environmental Management and Protection Law, 2017 and the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018.
Speaking today at the Agency Headquarters, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Adetayo Akerele said that the agency will not give any breathing space to criminal elements in the State, while the unit remains committed to sustaining the enforcement operations across the State.
Gbadeyan Abdulraheem
Director Public Affairs
Lagos State Taskforce.
24th July, 2026
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