- The command’s spokesperson, affirmed the arrest in a statement released on Tuesday in Lagos
- The apprehension took place during a routine patrol of the area by RRS operatives at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday
Rapid Response Squad (RRS) officers from the Lagos Police Command apprehended three individuals believed to be vandals within the Tom Jones vicinity. The police recovered a minibus, two carts, and sections of bridge railings.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, affirmed the arrest in a statement released on Tuesday in Lagos. The apprehension took place during a routine patrol of the area by RRS operatives at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday.
“The suspects fled and abandoned a Suzuki mini bus popularly called ‘Korope’ with registration number BDG 315 YA upon sighting the police.
“Also left behind by the suspected vandals were two carts, bars of aluminium railings suspected to have been cut from the Third Mainland Bridge, a hammer and a hand saw,” he said.
According to the image-maker, the arrests come on the heels of other recent and similar ones made by the CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi-led RRS operatives.
He said the suspects had been charged to court.
In another news, WithinNigeria reported that a 24-year-old woman has been apprehended on suspicion of using insecticide to cause the death of a four-day-old baby belonging to her co-wife.
The Bauchi State Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, conveyed this information in a statement titled “Stepmother, 24, Allegedly Murders Newborn in Ningi LGA.” The statement was released to the press in the state on Tuesday.
The tragic incident reportedly unfolded in Bantu Village, situated within the Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Ahmed Wakil, who holds the rank of Superintendent of Police, disclosed that the baby was born on August 15, 2023. Regrettably, the suspect is alleged to have taken the infant’s life on August 19, 2023, just prior to the planned naming ceremony.
“The incident was reported to the Ningi divisional police headquarters on the 19th of August, 2023 which revealed that the four-day-old baby was born on the 15th of August, 2023 and was murdered by the suspect, Furera Abubakar, on the 19th of August, 2023 before the naming ceremony.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a co-wife to the nursing mother (victim’s mother).
“The suspect entered the co-wife’s room with insecticide liquid (Gramalin) and applied it to the unhealed baby’s umbilical cord.
“The liquid which was suspected to be corrosively affected, and led to the deterioration of the baby’s health eventually led to his death.”
Wakil said that investigation into the incident is discreetly ongoing, after which the suspect would be profiled and charged in court accordingly for prosecution.