Lagos task force arrests hoodlums, cultists, seize motorcycles<\/h2>\n

The Lagos State Task Force on the Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested 21 suspected hoodlums and cultists and impounded 78 commercial motorcycles for engaging in unlawful activities.<\/em><\/p>\n

The suspects were arrested at their hideouts in the Ogudu and Ajah areas of the state during an operation carried out by the agency.<\/p>\n

It was gathered that during the raid, the suspects and others at large launched an attack on officials of the agency with broken bottles, stones and axes.<\/p>\n

The Chairman of the agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, who led the enforcement team, stated that the operatives faced the suspects and arrested 21 of them, while others escaped.<\/p>\n

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  According to Egbeyemi, residents of the areas complained about attacks on innocent members of the public by the miscreants, especially in the early hours of the day and at night.<\/p>\n

  Egbeyemi stated that the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had directed that the suspects should be prosecuted.<\/p>\n

  He added that the motorcycles were impounded in the Onipanu, Adekunle and Igbo-Efon areas of the state for violating the ban on motorcycle operations as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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