Police repel attack on station, arrest attackers, impound over 200 motorcycles in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, repelled attack on a station in the state, arresting some of the attackers and impounding over 200 motorcycles used by the attackers.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State Command, Ikeja, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Modnay @LagosPoliceNG indicated that Officers of Ipaja Police Division successfully repelled an early morning attack on their division by motorcycle operators.

According to the PPRO, the attack came after police officers commenced the day’s enforcement of the existing ban on motorcycles in Lagos State. The attackers, who came in their hundreds, stormed the station with dangerous weapons, shooting at the officers and attempting to overrun the station.

He added that while officers and men of the division held their ground, reinforcement came from the Area Command and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS).

Two of the attackers were fatally injured during the attack, Hundeyin said.

However, this did not deter the officers from accomplishing their mandate as over two hundred motorcycles were impounded and some of the attackers arrested, with one locally made firearm retrieved.

“The Lagos State Police Command will not be cowed into abdicating its responsibilities of enforcement of all duly passed laws and maintenance of law and order within the society,”the PPRO declared.