Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force, have arrested another seventy-one miscreants around railway-line in Oshodi as part of efforts to rid the State of all criminal elements, especially those operating at notorious blackspots across the metropolis.

Its Chairman, Olayinka Egbeyemi, who led the enforcement team in an early morning raid, stated that the crackdown is in line with the determination of the Task Force to curtail the activities of hoodlums who rob unsuspecting members of the public.

Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police said some of those arrested were in possession of suspected illegal substances (Indian hemp) and other dangerous drugs such as Codeine, Skunk and Tramadol.

He reiterated that all identified blackspots across the State would be continuously raided and arrested suspects would be fully prosecuted if found guilty, stressing that the present administration had zero-tolerance for all forms of crimes and criminality.

According to Egbeyemi, Lagos State was the most populous in Nigeria and its economic heartbeat, saying as such, government was committed to providing a conducive environment for both local and foreign investors”.

He, however, revealed that while thirteen of all the arrested seventy-one suspects were released after a thoroughly screening by the agency, the only underage male among them was transferred to the Lagos State Correctional Centre for proper rehabilitation.

Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police Zubairu Muazu had directed that the raid must be a continuous exercise in line with the State’s policy aimed at eradicating activities of miscreants and cultists disturbing innocent residents.

An underage boy (Hamed Gilani) who was referred to Lagos State Correctional Centre disclosed that he ran to Lagos from one of the neighbouring State after his parents separated their ways (divorced).

Accoding to Hamed Gilani (11yrs)”I ran errand for those bigger miscreants and i was lured to be smoking Indian hemp when i started sleeping among them under the bridge at Oshodi”

Another arrested miscreant (Suraju Ademola) confessed to have been sleeping along railway line under the Oshodi bridge for over 7 months.

He confessed further to be part of those criminals who attacked and robbed innocent members of the public of their valuables on Oshodi bridge both early morning and night.