123 Jigawa Men, 48 Motorcycles Arrive In Trailer, Lagosians In Shock

The arrival in a trailer load of 123 men from Jigawa, and 48 motorcycles has put Lagosians in shock after the team was intercepted by a task force.

With the state of insecurity in the country, many people were in stampede over the actual motive of the men and they were promptly arrested by the State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offenses Task force

However investigations have since shown that there was nothing to really worry about and the police had released them.

The Eagle understands that the men were released after police profiling failed to find anything incriminating about them.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Ikhana, told journalists that the large number in which the men came into the lagos, amidst an atmosphere of insecurity precipitated their interception..

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Chairman of the Task force, Mr. Yinka Egbeyemi, has also explained that the action of his men in a  proactive step should there be intention to attack the state.

f his men in a  proactive step should there be intention to attack the state.

Chairman of the Task force, Mr. Yinka Egbeyemi, has also explained that the action of his men in a  proactive step should there be intention to attack the state.

The Task Force according to Daily Trust had said the men were arrested following a tip off by members of the public, who allegedly raised security concern about the manner with which the occupants of the truck conducted themselves.

The report added that following the  interception, the truck and its occupants were moved to the office of the Task force in Oshodi for interrogation before they were later moved to the police command on the order of the Commissioner of Police.

Egbeyemi had said that they acted swiftly on the tip off. He said:

“While my team was on operation, we got information from the public that some people had entered into Lagos in trailer loaded with over 300 people”, Egbeyemi said.

“We swiftly responded to the alert and trailed the truck from Berger area to Agege.

“We eventually intercepted the truck which carried no few than 123 men and 48 motorcycles.

 “We have interrogated most of the truck’s occupants; from the information we gathered, some of them said they were coming from Jigawa State, with 48 of them claiming to own seized motorcycles.

“The rest of them said they came to Lagos in search of greener pasture.”

 Egbeyemi said the Lagos Police Command had directed that a fact-finding panel be constituted to profile the detained occupants of the truck, but he added that READ ALSO: Kidnappers Abduct CAN Members Sent To Pay Ransom

nothing incriminating was found on them apart from the motorcycles.

One of the detained occupants, Shuaibu Haruna, said he left Jigawa State to work in Lagos with his motorcycle.

He claimed to have a wife and a son, but said he needed to double his income to cater for his family. Haruna said he intended to stay in Isolo area and had already paid N7,000 as accommodation fee.

Another occupant, Mohammed Ibrahim, said he left his base in the Northern part of the country to keep himself busy after finishing his farm work. He said he was going to Badagry to join his brother.

Meanwhile, the South East Governors Forum (SEGF) have risen from a meeting, held at the Government House, Enugu, with a resolve to quickly embark on joint efforts to flush out bandits from all nook and cranny of all the forests within the southeast zone.

Addressing newsmen shortly after the first part of their meeting on Saturday, Chairman of SEGF, and Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi said that Governors had banned herdsmen who move about in the southeast zone with AK47 guns and cutlasses.

They called on security agencies to ensure proper implementation of the ban.