The Lagos State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest of 42 suspected cultists in connection with a series of crimes in the Ijora, Orile, Ebute Meta, and Ikorodu areas of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, while parading the suspects at the command headquarters in the Ikeja area of the state, said during his last conference with police and field officers across the state, he identified cultism as an evolving crime threatening the internal security of the state.
He said, “I laid out a new set of operational plans to frontally address the emerging threat. I reorganised the special unit of the command, zoned the state and with the support of the Inspector-General of Police, we fully equipped and gave a new orientation to the different special units.
“We sent them to our Area Commands, equip them and charge them to operate optimally not just to identify these cultists but to undertake intelligence-led operations such that the battle will be taken to the doorsteps of these so-called cultists.