Operatives of the Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Task Force) at the weekend arrested 23 notorious miscreants during an overnight raid around Shitta in Surulere.
They confiscated bags of substances suspected to be Indian hemp and other outlawed illicit drugs such as ‘Novalyn with Codeine cough syrup’.
The agency also nabbed eight members of the notorious ‘Awawa Boys’ during an enforcement operations near Capitol, Isale-Oja and Agege.
It ordered traders along railway tracks to leave the area, as its operatives are set to clamp down on illegal traders on railway tracks.
The agency warned officials of the local governments and market associations “to desist from collecting fees from these illegal traders on railway lines around Oshodi, Mushin, Ikeja-Along, Yaba, Oyingbo and Agege, as anyone caught will be severely dealt with in accordance with the law.”
These were contained in a statement signed yesterday by its Public Relation Officer, Mr. Toafiq Adebayo.
Agency Chairman Mr. Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, (CSP), said heavy convergence of illegal traders around railway tracks was suicidal and an eyesore.
He said “Strategically, this unusual and very risky trading practice has led to the death of some people, especially those who were not fast enough to leave the area for an oncoming train.”
Egbeyemi said in accordance with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Law, it was unlawful for anyone to hawk or buy/sell goods on railway tracks, including all road setbacks and walkways across the state.
“The primary duty of any responsible and responsive government is to protect lives and properties.”
The statement said Police Commissioner Mr. Edgal Imohimi has directed the task force chairman to carry out raid on criminals’ hideouts in line with the state’s policy of eradicating hoodlums.
Egbeyemi regretted that most parents have abdicated their responsibility toward their children.
He said the agency would raid areas inhabited by undesirable elements, adding that those arrested would be arraigned.
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