No fewer than three suspects have been arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for their alleged involvement in cultism and vandalism.
It was gathered from a statement on the RRS Facebook page on Tuesday that one of the suspects was arrested on suspicion of being a cult member in the Oshodi area of the state last Wednesday at about 10 pm.
The statement noted that the suspect, whose identity was not disclosed, also had a locally made pistol in his possession when arrested.
It read, “The operatives of Rapid Response Squad have arrested a suspected cultist with a locally made pistol in a commercial bus in Oshodi.
“The suspected cultist was arrested around 10:00 p.m. last Wednesday at the Toyota bus stop by the RRS operatives, who were acting on intelligence. Two live ammunition were also recovered with the gun.”
The statement noted that in another operation, two suspected vehicle vandals, Kazeem Oyebola and Olamilekan Babalola, were arrested while loading some vehicle tyres into a minibus at the Otedola Bridge area of the state.
It added that upon interception by a police patrol team, they claimed that they were contracted to transport the tyres to another location in the state. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that they had allegedly stolen the tyres from a mechanic’s workshop.