SP ABBAR KYARI REVEALS RECENT SUCCESS IN LAGOS CRIME

Supritendent of Police -in Charge of Lagos Anti-Robbery Squad,Ikeja,SP Abbar Kyari during the week revealed the recent successes recorded by the squad in the recent time. Kyari while speaking on his achievements in his  words said:" On March 10,2014,based on information received from the Commissioner of Police Lagos State,Umar Abubakar Manko passed a directive to
me to arrest one notorious armed robber identified as Olatunbosun Olatunji, who has been terrorizing Lagos State . We quickly swung into action and nabbed him at Subaru area of Ikorodu,Lagos State,with AK47 rifle.".      Upon his arrest,he confessed to have bought the AK47 rifle from one Abdulazeez Amao,a notorious arms dealer in Ibadan,Oyo State.    The SARS Decoy teams were deployed to Ibadan and after 8 days of intensive and diligent follow up, Amao was arrested at Ayegun Adasun area of Olomi Bus Stop,Ibadan. Ten rifles were recovered from him. He confessed to have sold several other Ak47 rifles and English pistols to many buyers in Oyo,Lagos and Anambra States. Amao,in his further confession said to have been buying the rifles for 600.000CFA equivalent to two hundred thousand naira each from one Zakari Watara of Wayalga area in Ouagadougu,the Burkina Faso capital. Further checks confirmed that Watara get his own supply from Mali where he would then transport the rifles to Wayalaga Market in Burkina Faso from where Amao buys from and packed it into milk cartons and transport the arms to Paraku Town in Benin Republic from where he repackages it into sack containing yam powder (Elubo) and then to take it to Ibadan through Kabo Border for the final consumers.        The Command in 2013 alone recorded huge success in combating crime in Lagos State and they have since been highly rewarded with several laurels from Lagos State Government and the Inspector General of Police,MD Abubakar for a well done job.          One of the prominent cases that cannot be forgotten in a hurry was the arrest of kidnappers of the mother of the Finance Minister,Mrs Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and many other kidnappings including the Ejigbo chairman's case. Another remarkable feat recorded was the successful  arrest of the South West armed robber kingpin,Abiodun Egunjobi popularly known as Godogodo. Godogodo after several combat,was arrested in his mansion at Olowu area of Egbeda,Ibadan,the Oyo State capital. Egunjobi before his arrest,he was said to have killed over fifty police men and several civilians during his operations in the south west region of the country. The 30 gang member met their waterloo after their kingpin was nabbed with several arms and ammunitions . The Ayobo Access Bank robbery arrest is still the major discourse within and outside police circuit. The operation, it would be recalled was a fatal one where ASP Longnus Amuzie and few other police men were killed in the process .The situation was able to put under control when the SARS team were drafted to take over case. Their advance technology driven investigation led the team eventually  arrested the five gang members after  which they made several confessional statements.    Kyari in his conclusion said he would continue to combat crime  in the state in order to make it a safest place for the every residents to live. You know Lagos State is so big and metropolitan in nature with several millions people, so we will not relent in bringing  them to book from their hideouts".