The Lagos Shape Police Command mentioned it had recovered 3 rifles that had been portions of the guns stolen from its armoury all through the #EndSARS protest.
The Commissioner of Police, Ishola Olanrewaju, disclosed this pace parading the suspects on the condition command headquarters on Saturday.
He mentioned the rifles had been discovered on December 27, 2024, nearest being saved in a bag positioned at the rooftop of a construction at Idunsagbe Boulevard within the Lagos Island segment of the condition.
He, alternatively, famous that the guns had been traced to those carted clear of Ebutte Ero Police Station all through the protest.
He mentioned, “On the 27th of December, 2024 at 14 Idunsagbe Street, Lagos Island, information was received that a bag was sighted on the rooftop at this address. Two AK 47 rifles breach number 52573, 4004855 and 07003-853 K2 assault rifles all without magazines and ammunition. This was traced to the arms and ammunition looted from our armoury at Ebutte Ero police station during the #EndSARS crisis.”
In keeping with him, the rifles had been in diverse levels of disrepair however were refurbished by means of skilled gun handlers within the command.
“The guns have since been united with the Divison where they were taken from,” he added.
The CP mentioned that the command misplaced 3 law enforcement officials pace on responsibility in 2024.
The command additionally paraded a suspect for allegedly kidnapping and impregnating a 14-year-old woman.
In keeping with the police eminent, the lady was once kidnapped and impregnated pace her folks had been requested to pay ransom for her let fall.
“I have a case of abduction of a 14-year-old girl who is inadvertently pregnant. The girl reached out to the parents that she had been kidnapped and asked the parents should send money. Of course, they had been sending the money to her but we apprehended two of them on Friday night,” he mentioned.
The commissioner unmistakable that he has rescued no less than 16 women from indistinguishable statuses.
“I want to tell us that some of the kidnap cases that are celebrated in the media are not ordinary kidnap cases. It is what we term constructive kidnap. Constructive in the sense that, you are a lady who is on a fast lane. Then, a group of boys will lure you from your enclave into Lagos. Send you a flight ticket to come to Lagos, and lodged in a five-star hotel not knowing that it was just bait.”