The Lagos State Taskforce has raided blackspots at Oshodi, Mafoluku and Airport road where criminal elements use as a hideout after carrying out their nefarious activities.
The raid which took place in the early hours of today was led by the Chairman of the Agency, Shola Jejeloye who pin pointed the spots according to credible intelligence gathered by the Agency.
Jejeloye, a Chief Suprintendent of Police disclosed that 33 miscreants were rounded up and taken down to the office where they would be questioned and properly identified before prosecution.
He stated that the men of the underworld use the locations as a take off point to rob, pick pockets of unsuspecting pedestrians and sometimes intimidate them to disposses them of their hard earned valuables.
According to him, they are going to put an end to the acts by ensuring the policing tactics are utilised every now and then to achieve adequate safety and security in line with the THEMES agenda of the State Government.
In a similar development, the Lagos State Taskforce carried out a raid of recalcitrant okada operators at Amuwo Odofin where 114 bikes were seized for operating on restricted routes in the State.
The Chairman of the Agency described the activities of the okada riders as reckless and vowed to concentrate more on that axis to bring their activities to a halt.
According to him, Okada riders in this part of Lagos take advantage of the massive road construction going on here to perpetrate their illegal activities but we wont condone it any longer.
Jejeloye sounded a note of warning to all elements involved in such vices and ensures them that the long arm of the law would soon catch up with them.
He assured Lagosians that activities of okada riders which had been brought down to a recogniseable minimum would not be allowed to resurface in a mega city like Lagos.