- Police recovered three POS machines and 10 mobile phones during the raid
Mobile policemen from MOPOL 20 in Ikeja, Lagos, arrested nine kidnappers after a shootout in Lekki-Ajah.
The operation, in collaboration with Maroko Police Station, targeted the gang’s hideout following public complaints about increased kidnappings in the area.
Police recovered three POS machines and 10 mobile phones during the raid, part of ongoing efforts led by Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, to combat kidnapping in the region.
“In a more recent happening, on March 17, 2024, at about 10:30 pm, the Commander PMF 20, Ikeja, Lagos led a joint team of mobile men and officers from Maroko Division to a suspected den of kidnappers where they arrested nine kidnappers.
“Three of their victims were also rescued while 10 mobile phones and two PoS machines were recovered from the suspects.
“In a similar occurrence in the same Lagos State, on March 16, 2024, police operatives of the Badagry Divisional Headquarters, Lagos State arrested one Abass Taiwo Hassan, suspected of being the leader of a cult gang involved in the shooting of one Adeniyi Adebanjo, on February 26, 2024 and upon his arrest, the suspect confessed to the crime and admitted to being the leader of a 6-man cult gang,” he said.