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PHOTOS: RRS Arrests Lagos Tricycle Operators Leader, 4 Others Heading To Fight NURTW
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RRS arrest Lagos tricycle operators leader, four others heading to fight NURTW
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria (TOOAN) leader, Azeez Abiola, Popularly known as Istijaba, and four others for attempting to cause mayhem in the Agege area of the state.
Others are Yusuf Azeez a.k.a Araba (42), Kazeem Akinbo a.k.a Womi (43), Taofiq Odewale, a.k.a Omo Iya Agba (38), and Moses Abiodun a.k.a Orobo (34).
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They were nabbed while leading supporters to NURTW headquarters in Agege, an action the authority believed would trigger violence across Lagos.
Abiola and the rest had a pump-action gun in their possession. His supporters fled to the scene to evade arrest after sighting officers.
The government, acting on intelligence, had warned that it would deal decisively with people trying to foment trouble in Agege and Abule Egba.
RRS Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, has been directed to reinforce patrol in the areas to forestall a breakdown of order.
Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, has ordered the transfer of the suspects and the exhibit to the State Command for investigation.
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