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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has arrested six suspected members of a notorious “one-chance” syndicate operating in the Ijora Bridge corridor of the state.
The Special Adviser on Transportation to the Governor, Mr. Sola Giwa, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos.
He said: “The arrest, which took place on Thursday, October 23 was effected during a joint inter-agency enforcement exercise targeted at dismantling illegal garages and parks operated by commercial transporters.
“It was also aimed at the removal of unauthorised shanties and criminal hideouts around Apapa Road, Costain, and Ijora under bridge.
“It yielded substantial recoveries.
“The confiscated items include 77 assorted mobile phones, 2 Point of Sales machines, multiple wristwatches, and other personal effects believed to have been forcibly taken from unsuspecting commuters and pedestrians.”
Giwa, who led the operation, noted that his team comprised enforcement operatives drawn from the Nigeria Police Force, Mobile Police (MOPOL), Lagos State Task Force, Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), and the Nigerian Army.
He said preliminary investigations revealed that the Ijora under-bridge axis had long served as a criminal enclave, accommodating miscreants.
“It accommodated illegal traders and ‘one-chance’ syndicates who specialise in orchestrated theft, violent assaults, and dispossession of innocent citizens.
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“The area had also evolved into a clandestine storage hub for stolen valuables and contraband goods.
“During the operation, enforcement personnel also discovered and confiscated several kegs of adulterated diesel and over 150 packs of expired plantain chips and Cheese Balls.
“These items were being hoarded under unsanitary conditions, posing grave threats to public health and the environment.
“In addition, the joint task team successfully demolished over 120 illegal shanties, including structures erected along the perimeter fence of St. Peter’s Catholic Nursery and Primary School, Apapa Road, thereby reclaiming the area’s urban integrity and restoring its aesthetic order,” he stated.
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