The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrests of 10 suspected criminals terrorising unsuspecting members of the public in the Mushin Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, in a statement on Thursday, said the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, ordered the raid to rid the state of criminal suspects unleashing terror on residents.

Ajisebutu said, “In continuation of the ongoing massive, intelligence-led raid of criminal hideouts in Lagos State, the state police command has again, in a special raid carried out around 10pm on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, arrested 10 suspected criminals in all identified criminal hideouts in the Mushin Area of the state.

“The latest operations, carried out in the most professional manner without infringement on the rights of innocent and law-abiding citizens, was in further compliance with the directive of the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.

The PPRO stated that Odumosu had ordered that the 10 arrested suspects be transferred to the state Command’s Special Squad for onward prosecution.