Police deploy tactical team to Move, Kara Bridge over incessant robbery

The Ogun state police command has directed its tactical teams to move to Mowe area of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway following the incessant robbery incidents around the area, especially the long bridge.

According to the spokesman of the command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the construction work on the road has made it possible for hoodlums to attack innocent members of the public on the long bridge.

He said the deployed tactical team would complement the efforts of the divisional policemen in patrolling the area.

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“It has also been discovered that some of the hoodlums are pretending to be hawking goods on the bridge during traffic gridlock and using the opportunity to carry out robbery operations.

“To this end, the Command is hereby using this medium to warn all those hawking goods on the bridge to quit with immediate effect in order to sanitize the environment and deter the criminals from perpetrating crime on that bridge and anywhere around.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole who was on the said long bridge on Thursday for an on the spot assessment assured members  of the public especially the commuters plying the road  of their safety as the command will do everything possible within the ambit of the law to flush out the hoodlums in the area.