Lagos State Police Command has paraded eighty-four illegal migrants who claimed to be coming from Burkina Faso and going to Gabon.

The migrants who were all male and between the ages of eighteen to thirty were arrested by the Police at Badagry end of Lagos, would be transfer to the Nigeria Immigration Service for proper investigation.

Also, thirty-seven robbery suspects were paraded by the command for various crimes which included car snatching, stealing among others.

Parading the suspects, Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni said the command was able to achieve the success due to the continued support recieved from members of the public, while calling for more support.

Owoseni promised that the police would continue to leave up to its responsibility of protecting lives and properties.

According to him, the Chivita workers protest during which two persons were killed was professional handled by the police, saying a reporter had misrepresented happenings during the protest.

Owoseni said Police action in curtailing the protest was done within the ambit of the law, saying the police would not stand arms folded again where its duties were challenged by criminal elements.

He said the police was alerted that casual workers of Chivita are agitating for Christmas bonus at Ajao Estate, Lagos, and Police responded to safeguard lives and property, saying unfortunately, the agitation escalated and policemen were held hostage, acid was poured on one of the policemen.

In his word, one of the victims is still in the hospital and will not be able to use the eye again, saying in order for a policeman to prevent himself from being killed, it was within the ambit of the law to apply “minimal force’’.

Owoseni said one of the protesters however suffered a bullet wound on the leg during the protest which later led to his death at the hospital, pointing out instances where the public took laws into their hands and he condemned the act.

He narrated how some policemen were attacked following the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, saying policemen attached to the Anti Kidnapping Unit, took a suspected kidnapper to Agbowa to execute search warrant.

According to him, some criminal elements under the guise of youths attacked the police team, cut the suspect’s handcuff and liberated the suspect, saying three of the policemen were injured and the police vehicle was completely burnt, one of the policemen is still in the hospital while his condition isn’t stable.

He said three of the suspects had been arrested and investigation is ongoing to apprehend others.