In line with its mandate to dislodge
miscreants and squatters from abandoned
buildings, the Lagos Special Committee on
Clean up of Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island
has arrested 11 suspected miscreants
andwomen of easy virtue in Ikoyi.
The suspects, made up of 8 women and 3 men
were arrested in an abandoned building on
Club Road, Ikoyi.
The operation, involving policemen from the
Ikoyi Police Station, was coordinated by the
Chairman of the Task Force on Environmental
and Special Offences, Superintendent Yinka
Egbeyemi and carried out following series of
complaints by residents of Club Road on the
untoward activities going on in the building
especially at dusk.
Speaking with newsman while parading the
suspects at Alausa, Egbeyemi said when
questioned, all the suspects could not offer
explanations on their means of livelihood.
He added that all the suspects would soon be
charged to court based on circumstantial
evidence, just as he warned that the
committee is resolute about its determination
to rid Ikoyi and Victoria Island of abandoned
buildings and miscreants.
He emphasised that the next stop of the Clean
Up committee is Lekki where such infractions
have already been identified and would be
cleared to restore the original master plan of
the area.
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