The
policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police
Command have arrested four suspected dealers with 18 sacks of Indian
hemp.
The RRS
Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu, said the suspects ─ QuadriJimoh, 23;
Tajudeen Busari, 33; Ukowa Udomma, 34; and Yakubu Mudashiru, 30 ─ were
arrested after the police got a tip-off from the state Governor,
Akinwunmi Ambode, about the activities of the dealers in the
Oyingbo-Otto area.
He urged Lagosians to emulate the governor by always furnishing the police with timely and effective information.
He said,
“The police acted after we received a tip-off from Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode. We arrested a gang of narcotic specialists with 18 sacks of
Indian hemp.
“The information we heard was that the dealers had also been terrorising the Oyingbo-Otto area before their arrest.
“With
information from members of public, the work of the police will be made
easier. We cannot do it all alone; we rely on hints from the people.”
Disu added that the suspects would be transferred to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
However, Jimoh and Busari, said they were victims of circumstances, claiming they knew nothing about the hemp.
Jimoh
said, “My wife, who is six-months pregnant, called me to buy some
prescribed medications for her. On my way to the pharmacy, I saw people
running helter-skelter and I also ran with them. But I was arrested by
the police.”
Busari said, “I was passing by when I saw people running for their lives. I also ran before the policemen intercepted me.”
But Udomma
and Mudashiru said they were not dealers, adding that they only smoke
hemp. They identified one Olumide, who is now at large, as the dealer.
“I went there to buy hemp before I found myself inside the police net,” Uduma said.
Mudashiru,
who stated that he was a regular visitor to the house where the drug
was found, said, “My house was razed down by fire. Since then, I have
been sleeping inside the Oyingbo Motor Park. I went to that place to
smoke on the fateful day.”
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