Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested eight street urchins, including ex-convicts, during sting operations conducted across parts of the metropolis.
According to a social media post on its handles, the operations were carried out on Thursday, October 9 and October 11, 2025, targeting three notorious spots where hoodlums are known to harass stranded motorists whose vehicles break down on the road.
The areas covered by the team included “Old Toll Gate/Motorways (Ketu), Adeniji Adele axis of the Third Mainland Bridge, and Ile Epo (Agbado – Oke Odo).
The operation yielded significant results, with the arrest of several suspects, among them three ex-convicts: Kayode Sulaiman (30), Basiru Saheed (33), and Ekene Ifeanyi (20). Others arrested were Ile-Ifa Sherif (27) and Adeleke Sakiru (23).”
“On October 11, 2025, the RRS team conducted another operation around Ile Epo, Agbado, at about 3:00 a.m., following a distress report from a passerby who had been robbed of two mobile phones by miscreants in the area.”
Acting on intelligence, the operatives apprehended one of the key suspects, Alabi Wasiu, along with a buyer found in possession of one of the stolen phones, a Samsung A2.
Further investigation led to the arrest of another principal suspect, Mustapha Alabi (24), popularly known as “Alabi Yellow”, who reportedly made a confessional statement to the crime.
The Commander of the Rapid Response Squad, CSP Shola Jejeloye, according to the post reaffirmed the Command’s “commitment to ridding Lagos roads of hoodlums who harass motorists, especially in the Ile Epo axis and other identified black spots.”
Jejeloye assured residents that similar operations would continue until such criminal activities are completely curtailed.
The police confirmed that all the arrested suspects have since been arraigned in court.
