The police, in Lagos, have arrested a 37-year-old man, Segun Obasanjo, and five others, for allegedly selling Indian hemp inside a market.
Their arrest, last Saturday afternoon, followed a raid of the popular Alaba Rago Market by operatives attached to Okokomaiko Division of the Nigeria Police Force.
Arrested with Obasanjo were Job Omesi, 16, Ayomide Samuel, 21, Buhari Oseni, 27, Muda Haruna,30, and Suraju Ayuba, 28.
Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Mr.Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, made the disclosure in a statement, revealing that the suspects were caught selling Indian hemp openly.
Besides the suspects, Elkana also disclosed that six others were held for alleged cultism at about 10:30a.m. on Sunday, April 14, 2019, by policemen attached to Area ‘J’ Command in connection with a clash that left four persons dead at Ajah, Lagos.
Elkana’s words: “Babatunde Wasiu, 30, Bolaji Elijah, 25, Joseph Timothy, 32, Bolaji Olayiwola, 22, Saheed Lateef, 22, and Julius Augele, 20, were arrested in connection with a clash between Eiye and Aiye cults on April 14, at General Paint, Ajah.
“The clash left four Aye cultists dead. Axes and jack knives, which they used during the clash, were recovered from them. Four suspects were earlier arrested and charged to court in connection with the incident, bringing the number of suspects arrested to 10.
“The Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos is investigating the case and the suspects will be arraigned,” he said.