Lagos State Police Warns Against Buying Of Stolen Items

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Monday said the loots from hoodlums who invaded various warehouses that both belongs to Government and private individuals are hard-earned properties of innocent Nigerians and such must not be found in anyone’s possession as it is highly criminal to accept such goods.

A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the Lagos Commissioner of Police gave the warning in his Ikeja office while getting updates and compiling reports on the recent crisis orchestrated by some armed and criminally-minded hoodlums within the state.

Odumosu warned parents, community leaders and market women to reject any looted or stolen items from the looters, who wreaked havoc during the recent EndSARS protest in Lagos State.

According to the statement, “In as much as the command keeps on receiving complaints against such criminal acts, the police will go after anyone culpable and his or her accomplices, either for conspiracy or receiving stolen items or accessory after the fact accordingly.”

He, therefore, urged the general public, particularly market women and traders, to disown the hoodlums who had looted people’s items by not patronising them or receiving such items from them for sale or keep.
The Lagos police boss reiterated and reminded them that criminal cases have no statute of limitation and such cases could still be brought up against anyone involved years after the offence has been committed.

While he assured Lagosians that the policemen in the state have braced to continue to discharge their duties undistracted and professionally, despite the recent challenges experienced.

Furthermore, the state police commissioner seized the opportunity to appreciate community leaders and various groups for their support to surmount the crises and encouraged them to continue in the same spirit to promote community policing, which remains the major pillar for public safety and security.