RE: MISLEADING CLAIMS REGARDING EXTORTION OF MOTORISTS BY LAGOS STATE TASKFORCE – YET-TO-BE-IDENTIFIED SECURITY OPERATIVES: ANOTHER CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
RE: MISLEADING CLAIMS REGARDING EXTORTION OF MOTORISTS BY LAGOS STATE TASKFORCE – YET-TO-BE-IDENTIFIED SECURITY OPERATIVES: ANOTHER CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY The Lagos State Taskforce wishes to address a misleading narrative circulating on social media, particularly in a viral video shared by protesters and concerned groups who recently demonstrated at the Lagos State House of Assembly. The protest was in response to the alleged extortion of motorists by security operatives, yet to be identified, who are not officials of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit. We categorically state that the Lagos State Taskforce had no involvement in the said incident. Our enforcement teams are led by seasoned, well-trained, and highly disciplined senior officers who are far too professional and educated to jeopardise their ranks, integrity, and years of service for personal gain. For clarity, our agency does not operate on BRT corridors, nor were any of our personnel deployed to...
3 Men were arrested today for killing a 27 year old Bashir Shehu,a student of the Federal University of Education,Kano.The men who were arrested were among the dozens of Bandits {Yandabas} paradedat the Bompai Headquarters of Kano state Police Command,today monday.On the 9th of July,Yandabas invaded a classroom in Rumfa college where Bashir and his colleagues were having a group discussion,maiming everyone on sight.According to the Police Public Relations officer of the Command,ASP Magaji Musa Majia,the hoodlums who stormed the school at about 10:00pm,were ''a gang of notorious Yandabas jointly from Gandun Albasa,Dan Agundi and Tukuntawa areas of Kano metropolis.They suddenly invaded the classroom and attacked them with cutlasses,knives,clubs and other dangerous weapons and inflicted various degrees of injuries on his head,chest and all over his body.They also broke his leg and abandoned him in his pool of blood.The gang further went on rampage and attacked MASCO Mechanic garage located at Gandun Albasa and damaged the windscreen and bodies of more than 30 motor vehicles brought for repairs.The Yandabas went further and killed even animals on sight.For instance,dogs,hens and even branches of tress were cut down with sword and machetes''.Working with information from residents,the police and a special police squad led by Mawuya Abubakar,O/C in charge of Strike Force/Daba Operation moved into the area,controlled the situation and moved the body of Bashir to a Kano hospital where he later died.Those arrested for the killing of Bashir include Ibrahim Mu'azu alias Iro-Dawaof Dan Agundi Quarters,Adamu Abdullahi alias Kura of Tukuntawa quarters and Muktari Hassan alias Gwari of Gandun Albasa quarters.The suspects whom police authorities described as notorious criminals and hire assassins,also mentioned the names of 13 others linked with the Rumfa College disturbances.
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