The Lagos State Police command has clarified that it was not involved in the alleged eviction of Nigerians from the state to Osun.
This was made known on X by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, who was reacting to a report by a news platform, Sahara Reporters.
Hundeyin declared the report as false and a malicious attack on the command.
The police spokesperson wrote, “Following news making the rounds that the ‘Nigerian Police…Pack Residents…to Osun,’ the Lagos State Police Command wishes to clarify that it is not aware, neither was it part, of any such operation.
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“The Command, in keeping with its mandates of prevention and detection of crime, conducts raids of black spots from time to time, and promptly arraigns only culpable suspects in courts of competent jurisdiction in the state after a thorough screening of the people raided.”
Hundeyin, while conveying the message of the state Commissioner of Police, CP Adegoke Fayoade, noted that the police boss assured that the people of the state will enjoy safety and security at all times.
Sahara Reporters had quoted one of the youths to have said he was taken away by the Nigerian policemen at his place of work on Friday afternoon.
He said the law enforcement agents parked young people from Ajah, TBS, and Island areas of the state and gathered them inside an uncompleted building at the Makoko police station before moving them to a forest in Ilesha town in Osun State.
