Lagos State Task Force disclosed that it has arrested 26 dreaded Awawa cult gang in Agege and 64 miscreants at Oshodi over the weekend, disclosing further that dangerous weapons and substance suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered in some of the operations.
CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, theTask Force Chairman, disclosed this in a recent interview where he confirmed that the 26 dreaded ‘Awawa’ cult gang members were arrested during an over-night enforcement operation tagged ‘Operation Restore Sanity to Lagos.’
According to him, the operation was carried out around Isale-Oja, Funmilayo, Ile-Pako at Amoo, Orile by cannal, Papa-Ashafa, Dopemu and Old Oko-Oba in Agege.
The chairman disclosed further that criminal activities perpetrated by these various cult groups particularly the dreaded ‘Awawa’ cult gang had become a serious threat to lives of residents and innocent members of the public around the area.
He said it was an eye-sore seeing these miscreants and cultists robbing, raping and freely smoking Indian hemp with underage boys and girls during day time and at night.
Speaking further, Egbeyemi disclosed that another 64 miscreants and hoodlums, including three female teenagers, were arrested during over-night raid around Oshodi, saying that dangerous weapons and substance suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered from them.
According to him these miscreants and hoodlums were those responsible for attacking/breaking motorists windscreen and disturbing innocent members of the public by dispossessing them of their valuables such as phones, wallets and jewellery around Oshodi.
He blamed the parents of these children for abdicating their responsibility towards these children as youths who are now found to be deeply involved in gangsterism.
CSP Egbeyemi has promised that Operation Restore Sanity to Lagos would be a continuous exercise and extended to every other area known to be inhabited by these undesirable elements across the state. Meanwhile those arrested will be charged to court with immediate alacrity.