Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Lagos State Task Force at the weekend arrested 210 people and impounded 125 motorcycles around Iludun Town, New Oko-Oba area of Agege.
The operation which was carried out based on complaints by different communities around the area also led to the demolition of 98 illegal shanties built on drainage alignment and road set-backs.
Chairman of the Agency CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi who led the enforcement team disclosed that 210 arrested miscreants and street urchins were those recently dislodged by the Agency along railway behind abattoir at Agege.
CSP Egbeyemi disclosed further that these miscreants and street urchins terrorised these communities both day and night by robbing them of their valuables such as phones, wallets and jewelleries.
“It was an eye-sore as these dislodged miscreants and street urchins were freely smoking and selling Indian hemp around residential premises where you have under age school girls and boys” he said.
The Chairman stressed that 98 demolished illegal shanties and containarised shops within abattoir and adjourning streets aside of being on the landscape and harbouring criminals they are contributing to the under growth of health, environment and safety issues in and around Agege area.
Egbeyemi commended the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for the upgrade of abattoirs across the State with needed infrastructural facilities particularly Agege Abattoir.
Further the Chairman confirmed that over 125 motorcycles plying restricted routes around these communities were impounded by the Agency during the enforcement operations.
The Chairman confirmed further that 210 arrested miscreants and street urchins were immediately charged to court on the directive of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr. Edgal Imohimi.
According to the statement sent to the media by the Lagos State Task Force Head Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police has directed CSP Egbeyemi to continue to monitor these communities against any likely re-union of other notorious miscreants and street urchins who escaped during the enforcement operations.
CSP Egbeyemi who implored community leaders (CDAs) to be watchful of their immediate environment hinted that areas where these dislodged miscreants and street urchins carried out their nefarious activities and erected illegal shanties includes Pipeline-way, Agric Road, Olaofe Road and Mofoladayo Drives.
In the same vein, Mr. Edgal Imohimi, the Lagos State Police Boss would not relent in seeing a safe environment for every citizens within the State and the country at large.