Police Arrest 23 Crime Suspects During Christmas Celebration Raid

The command’s swift response led to the arrest of three of the suspected hoodlums identified as Emmanuel Okoli, Ogunde Tejiri, and Emmanuel Orji.

The Nigeria Police Force across several states in the country has apprehended multiple groups of armed robbers, cultists and hoodlums targeting fun seekers and engaging in gangsterism during Christmas celebrations.

A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi says On the 25th of December 2024, at about 1 am, police operatives attached to Lagos State Command, received a distress call that a group of hoodlums, armed with dangerous weapons operating around the Safejo area of Amukoko, Lagos State.

Upon receiving the call, Adejobi said the command’s swift response led to the arrest of three of the suspected hoodlums identified as Emmanuel Okoli, Ogunde Tejiri, and Emmanuel Orji.

The statement added that police operatives attached to the Saminaka Division of the Kaduna State Command, also on the 25th December 2024, at about 8 pm, successfully apprehended one Sule Muhammad, who is said to be actively involved in multiple kidnapping incidents within the Saminaka area.

Further investigation, according to the statement, led to the recovery of a fabricated AK-47 rifle from the suspect who confessed to being a member of a notorious kidnapping gang, who had been evading arrest since the arrest of other gang members on August 16, 2024.