Lagos State Govt Donates 25 New Patrol Vehicles Into RRS Fleets - PHOTOS

Lagos State Government through the State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) today handed over 25 patrol vehicles to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS).

The vehicles were this afternoon handed over to the new State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumusu at the State House, Alausa, Ikeja.

Presenting the vehicles on behalf of the Chairman and Board of the fund, the Executive Secretary, Abdulrrazaq Balogun stated that the vehicles were part of the periodic injection of additional vehicles to enhance the operational coverage and increase their visibility of police in the state.

Balogun added that the provision of additional vehicles would assist the police in combating crime, especially at the yuletide period when a crime is always on the rise.

He noted that the fund appreciated the strides of RRS in combating crime in the state adding that the feedback it has been getting from Lagosians on the assistance of the squad has been very positive. He added that the funds would continue to support the squad.

He thanked the donors for supporting the funds and members of the Nigerian Police Force for committing their lives towards the safety of lives and property of the people.

Receiving the vehicles, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu assured that the police would make judicious use of the vehicles.

He stated that the handing over of the vehicles would serve as a challenge to the police to ensure that the lives and property of people are protected at all times.

He thanked funds but also solicited for more logistics to enhance the operational performance of the police in the state.

RRS Rescued Bus Driver Who Got Sick While On Motion On 3rd Mainland Bridge - Photos

Also in attendance were the Commander, Rapid Response Squad, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu and Assistant Commissioner of Police Adewale Ajao.

RRS Rescued Bus Driver Who Got Sick While On Motion On 3rd Mainland Bridge - Photos

If not for the timely intervention of the RRS team on 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos, its either the driver of this dies without medical aid or the passengers got stranded and got robbed on the highway.

According to a tweet by the RRS, RRS officers on patrol intercepted this vehicle parked on 3rd Mainland Bridge causing traffic. They discovered the driver who was en route the South-East region, got ill in motion and parked the vehicle. We have contacted the management of his company and an ambulance.

A closer look at the driver might suggest he got drowsy on the steel, kudos has to be given to the driver who deemed it wise to park and stop the journey, other drivers may risk it and decided to drive in that state despite not feeling too well.

These are images of the driver and how the RRS men rescued him.

#Xenophobia; Tight Security At Shoprite Lekki As Shop Owners Count Loses

The Xenophobic attack on-going in South Africa is not a thing of joy for someone to smile, joke or make jest of, as a citizen of this great country, we condemned this act as inhuman and as a crime against humanity especially towards Africans. 

Nigerians decided to do a reprisal of the Xenophobic act being meted by South Africans against Nigerians by storming the popular Shoprite Mall at Lekki. In what started as a protest led to looting of shops, malls, and goods worth millions of naira. A shop, for example, was ransacked and all the goods in that shop was looted.

In order to curtail further breakdown of law and orders and to protect other stores from being broken into, the Lagos Police officers led by RRS Commander, DCP Tunji Disu take control of security at Shoprite, Lekki.

It was reported in the media that a protester lost his life during the protest yesterday.

These are live images from the Lekki Shoprite Mall...

 

RRS Helps A Man Who Ran Out Of Fuel On 3rd Mainland Bridge - Photos

The RRS squad has once again proved themselves as a model to be studied by the Nigerian Police. The RRS is the Lagos Security arm and they are Rapid Response Squad. Part of their duty is ensuring the security of lives and properties especially on the highway, they ply the popular 3rd Mainland Bridge to wade off criminals who have turned the place as their second home.

According to reports, RRS officers assisting this motorist whose vehicle ran out of petrol on the highway. We assisted him with a few liters to enable him to get to the nearest petrol station. Truly, these are the good guys.

RRS Arrests Two Robbers Who Hijacked Taxify Vehicle In Lekki, Three Other Suspects

Two suspected robbers, who hijacked a Taxify Toyota Corolla Sports in Lekki and three others that participated in the selling of the car to a dealer in the Republic of Benin for the sum of N250,000:00 have been arrested by the Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS).

The suspects: Michael Sosa (27), Nelson Benson (24), Idowu Dauda (30, Owolabi Shobayo, a.k.a Daju pa (29) and Biliaminu Abu, a.k.a Gengen (43) were all arrested in Ijoko and Otta, Ogun State last week for hijacking and selling a Taxify car in February 2019.

It was revealed, Michael Sosa in the company of Dosumu, now at large, had sometime in February 2019 converged in Elegushi Beach, Lekki where they both hatched the plan to hijack a Taxify car, move it to Ogun State and sell.

Sosa, a ‘yahoo – boy’, after waiting till 10:00 p.m. ordered a Taxify ride from Agungi Estate to Lagos Island. In the car with him were other suspects, identified as Dosumu and Idowu Samuel.

According to Sosa, “at Abraham Adesanya Estate, Lekki, I told the driver I wanted to ease myself. We alighted, while I pretended to be urinating, Dosumu poured dried pepper he was keeping in bottle water he bought in traffic. He allowed the substance to dissolve well.

We got back into the car. The Taxify driver was about to start the car when Dosumu poured the mixture on the driver’s head. Spontaneously, he screamed and jumped out of the car. He started shouting for help. I got on his seat and drove the car away from the scene.

I drove to the road leading to Alpha Beach, where we stopped for some hours because we suspected we were being followed. At about 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, I proceeded to Agege via Agidingbi, dropping Dosumu in Omole. I picked Nelson Benson in Agege Stadium. Nelson was to direct us through the routes that prevent us from encountering the police and to Ijoko”, he stated.

He explained further; “at Ijoko, I took the car to Alfa Mouka’s house. He was my spiritualist. I told him the car was stolen. It was at this point we began to source for buyers.

It was introduced to Daju pa and Gengen. The two of them, as I got to know later were dreaded cultists and notorious criminals in the area. Because I was new in the area, I didn’t know them quite well. The area was supposed to be a hideout for my family and I couldn’t confront the duo. I have been warned that they call the shot there.

They took the car from me, by this time, they were already scheming and getting difficult to understand. I told them I wanted to sell the car for N300,000.

Explaining his role, Daju Pa stated “Eniba (Idowu Dauda) was the one who drove the car to my house in Ijoko. He told me that it belonged to his brother. I discovered that the car had no papers. This made it difficult to sell.

We got a dealer who asked us to bring it to the Republic of Benin. Gengen and I took it across Nigeria at about 11:00 p.m. after changing the number plate”.

He added, “We sold the Toyota Corolla Sport for N250,000. We would have sold it better than that but for the papers that were not available. I took N190,000 of the money. I gave N60,000 to Gengen while I gave N40,000 to Eniba to give Michael. Although, I got to know that it was N30,000 that got to him. Our link to Benin got N13,000.

That was how we shared the money”.

Speaking on the development, the Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu stated that criminals who think they can escape with nefarious activities perpetrated in Lagos might need to think twice as the command is at alert and would haunt down any criminal in any part of the country.

The suspects have been transferred to SARS for further investigations.

Security: Lagos State Government Donates 23 Sinoki Supra Motorbikes To The RRS Team - Photos

In a bid to improve security across the metropolis especially in a mega city like Lagos, the Lagos State Security Trust Fund has handed over 23 Sinoki Supra Motorbikes to  Rapid Response Squad (RRS) team to help in traffic patrol and response to distress calls.

The RRS is the Lagos Security arm which comprises of men of the Nigerian Police and is headed by DCP Tunji Disu.

Do You Know You Can Now Report Erring Officials To LASG and RRS?

In a bid to curb the excesses of the police especially men of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), the team with the Lagos State State Government have released hotlines to report any erring RRS officials in course of doing his/her duty or demand for any form of bribe or harass you.

RRS Arrests Three Traffic Robbers Moments After Robbery Operation

Three robbers operating around Ogun Long Bridge, Isheri, Ojodu - Berger and Agidingbi area of Ikeja have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS).

The suspects were arrested on Saturday moments after a major robbery operation.

Two android phones which they had robbed were retrieved from them.

The suspects - Issa Jidda (15), Alli Jumah (19) and Adamu Mohammed (22) were arrested at about 8:46 p.m. around Olowopopo Way, Ikeja after robbing two ladies in Agidingbi, Ikeja and Isheri.

According to one of the suspects, Issa Jidda, the gang had been operating in Ogun Long Bridge, Isheri, Unilag Estate, Gateway Estate, Ojodu – Berger, Fela Shrine and Agidingbi since May, 2019.

“We have been operating since last month. I was invited into the gang by Adamu. He is the leader of the gang. I have gone out on robberies with them seven times. Our targets are mobile phones, wallet and jewelry”, he stated.

“We also rob in traffic, especially Long Bridge. We avoid operating in Kara because we live there. Our colleagues might see us. We sell the phones and share the money.

"The motor cycle that we use is owned by Alli. The three of us operate on it using a knife and dagger as our arms”, the primary school dropout added.

The trio were arrested by RRS patrol team after it responded to a distress call that some robbers on bike were operating in Agidingbi.

The officers trailed the robbers to Olowopopo Way, where a motorist who got a hint that the suspects were being chased hit their okada to prevent them from escaping into the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway.

The owners of the two android phones snatched at Gateway Estate, Isheri and Agidingbi, identified the suspects.

Already, the suspects have been transferred to Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) for further investigation

Commenting on the development, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Muazu Zubair urged Lagosians to continue to cooperate with the police in order to address some of the security challenges in the State.

Killing: RRS Restore Normalcy In Ikotun - Photos

It's that season when miscreants engage themselves on seniority and who takes charge of the tolling of vehicles but things not to go as planned as they end up causing chaos and disrupt the peace of the community.

The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has restored normalcy in Ikotun area of the State after pandemonium broke out following the killing of a young man.

More Police Officers have been mobilised to the axis.

Vehicles have returned to the road, while RRS Head of Operations is engaging stakeholders in the area on the need to eschew violence.

RRS Intensify Move Against Cult Clashes In Somolu, Other Areas - Photos

Following the recent incidents of cult-related clashes in some parts of Lagos, the RRS officers yesterday patrolled deep into the streets of Iyana Oworo, Bajulaiye and Somolu.

The officers also had talks with some residents on how to better checkmate the rising menace.

Iyana Oworo, Bajulaiye and Somolu have been the centre of battlefield since last week as cultists in these areas engaged themselves in a gun duel battle thereby causing panic among the residents, some have fled their homes while some have refused to return home. Somolu is notorious for fight especially among the area boys, cultists and lots more.

Peace has returned to these areas as police mount 24-hour surveillance to forestall peace.

Popular Singer, Timi Dakolo Raises Alarm As Strange Bus Stalk His Residence

All seems not to be well with the family of the inspirational singer, Timi Dakolo has he has raised an alarm that some armed men are in a white bus are in front of his home. According to Timi Dakolo, the occupants of the bus were armed with guns while the bus is tinted.

He gave a perfect description of the bus as a Toyota Hiace bus, with registration number Lagos BR932KSF.

He took to his page on the social media to raise alarm while popular activist SegaLink has contacted the State SSS and members of the RRS, according to report, men of the RRS are already at the place and are surveillance to make sure that no strange faces or buses were seen around.

It will be recalled that Timi Dakolo and his wife accused popular Abuja based pastor, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of rape which has bee n generating lots of vibes from the social media and offline.

To Avoid Arrest, Danfo Driver Strips Himself Naked, Escapes From RRS Men

The Lagos State Government along with other law enforcement in the state seems to be out of for traffic lawbreakers in the state. According to tweets by the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, RRS, the team arrested a commercial bus popularly called danfo, according to them, Officers on patrol yesterday caught this Danfo with the inscription ‘School Boy’, driving against traffic along Opebi Road. He obviously didn’t learn anything in school. In an attempt to arrest him, he stripped himself naked and escaped.

According to the Lagos State traffic law, any driver that was caught driving against the traffic will have his or her car forfeited to the Lagos State Government. Ignorance is not an excuse.

It will be recalled that Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed an executive order on 30th May 2019 which focuses on traffic, waste management among others.

These are images of the bus and other cars being seized.