The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) is an arm of the Lagos State Police Command. It was set up to speedily respond to emergencies within the state. It carries out regular patrols of the state and have various 'pinning-down' points across the city. The RRS responds to distress calls made to 767 and 112.
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
RRS Busts Suspected Thieves Of Ambode’s Light-Up Cable

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, busted a 6-man syndicate which allegedly specialized in vandalising and stealing of Light-Up cable wire, street lamps and streetlight poles installed by the Ambode-led administration to illuminate the state.

The suspects, Tunde Alaba, 29, Saheed Ismail, 27, Deji Afolorunso, 26, Sunday Obasanmi, 27, Jelili Abodunrin, 32, and Taofeek Oyedele, 28, were all apprehended at about 2:30 am, under the bridge at CMS after destroying the streetlights powering CMS under the bridge and its environs.

RRS operatives who were patrolling the area, sighted them in the act of pulling down the street lamps, cables and poles, Government installed to lighten up the area before mobilising more officers for their eventual arrest and movement to RRS Headquarters, Alausa.

The suspects, who they all owned up to the crime at the RRS Headquarters, during an interrogation, noted that they have been living under the bridge for about 4 years.

Governor Ambode has urged all Police officers to always check out Light-Up Lagos Project because of pending cases of vandalisation and theft of armoured cable powering the street lights across the state.

One of the suspects, Jelili Oyedele, who hailed from Awe in Oyo State, said that the hardship situation in the country forced him into the criminal act.

He said, “I came to Lagos about Seven years ago. When I arrived, I was a bus conductor which I did for about 2 years. I joined the other accomplices under the bridge when I had no other place to live after my landlord had evicted me out for non-payment of house rent. Before now, I was working as labourers with the road construction company around Marina. But after our project ended, I chose to steal the cable to earn a living.”

Tunde Alaba, who arrived the City of Excellence from Ede in Osun State, early 2016, revealed that he left Lagos Island where he was squatting with a friend to avoid untimely death due to incessant clashes in the area.

“I ran away for my life for fear of death. Lagos Island is not safe for me any longer because of rampant killings and clashes between rival groups in the area. I moved to the under bridge for shelter. Although, I have not been doing anything tangible since I arrived the state, but I did have my daily meals through the sales of cables and iron steels,” he added.

Another suspect, Deji Afolorunsho, said that he was once a market sweeper in Idumota. “I swept the whole market every night and they paid me N2, 500 daily. But I lack contentment which led me to this crime”, he noted.


The lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo Badmus, said that the Police will not condone any criminal activity in the state. The suspects have been transferred the Lagos State Environmental Task Force for prosecution.

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Another suspect, Deji Afolorunsho, said that he was once a market sweeper in Idumota. “I swept the whole market every night and they paid me N2, 500 daily. But I lack contentment which led me to this crime”, he noted.....Lazy being!

Good job

See names: Tunde Alaba, 29, Saheed Ismail, 27, Deji Afolorunso, 26, Sunday Obasanmi, 27, Jelili Abodunrin, 32, and Taofeek Oyedele, 28,

We are sometimes our own problem. Imagine vandalising such a great project.

#2,500 per day is #75,000 per month. And you are still Not content Even many office Workers don't earn dat.
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I wonder how people could think of coming to Lagos to get rich over night. And they don't want to work.

Lazy Bones

Tunde Alaba, 29, Saheed Ismail, 27, Deji Afolorunso, 26, Sunday Obasanmi, 27, Jelili Abodunrin, 32, and Taofeek Oyedele, 28

Our cone head brothers that descended to earth using a bicycle chain...

Crime is not tolerable by any standard but hunger dey... wetin man go do... you work hard yet, there is nothing to show for it... Naija

K

Y do people steal strange things

Make dem go light dem up

Checkers Club, you're welcome!

Na them!!!,people wey own Lagos after migrating like others,we own Lagos whereas everybody in Lagos migrated from somewhere. Lagos is no mans land,there is no indigenous person in Lagos from the governor to the last person,all na migrant.

they all looked like cable...

Ncan south south

Reporting live from HQ Ph

Bravo Charlie indian Chinese


It them sir.. West west people Deji Afolorunsho
and brother from the west side of the zoo land.

Over and out sir

See their names.
The so called owners of Lagos wey dey tell others to go back to their villages.
But they make a living from stealing copper cables in that same Lagos.

The hunger is real.

Theultimate:
We are sometimes our own problem. Imagine vandalising such a great project.

Azzin rily annoying thinking of it.

Must govt. Create special taskforce ontop streetlights matter again?

Vandals r wrecking this nation, govt has to get tougher on their customers

Keneking:
See names: Tunde Alaba, 29, Saheed Ismail, 27, Deji Afolorunso, 26, Sunday Obasanmi, 27, Jelili Abodunrin, 32, and Taofeek Oyedele, 28,

They are doing what they know how to do best,after migrating from Osun,Oyo,Ogun to claim omo ni ile,we own lagos

uwagimboo:
Tunde Alaba, 29, Saheed Ismail, 27, Deji Afolorunso, 26, Sunday Obasanmi, 27, Jelili Abodunrin, 32, and Taofeek Oyedele, 28

Our cone head brothers that descended to earth using a bicycle chain...

Can we blame it on poverty?

I dey tell you, you are being paid 2500 daily, what a fool hes, Where I work my daily pay is half the moni hes been paid daily... he is a lazy idiot, he shoulf be given short sleeve!

Pavore9:
Another suspect, Deji Afolorunsho, said that he was once a market sweeper in Idumota. “I swept the whole market every night and they paid me N2, 500 daily. But I lack contentment which led me to this crime”, he noted.....Lazy being!

AlphaCentauri:
this why black people can never have good things. cuz some niggas will steal it. thats why all our dormitories and hostels in uni look like crap. cuz niggas steal nice things lolzzzz

No b lie.

I've seen Students steal ordinary N120. Bulb from school faculty walkways & classrooms during night class.

Some even loosen sockets n cart them away to replace the burnt sockets @ their off k lodges.

they believe school get money thus replacing them wouldn't be a challenge #black man orientation

Well...their accommodation issue is about to be resolved. Silly set of ingrates! Them put light for all, Una go dey steal am...woooobish!

Omotayor123:
#2,500 per day is #75,000 per month. And you are still Not content Even many office Workers don't earn dat.
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I wonder how people could think of coming to Lagos to get rich over night. And they don't want to work.

Lazy Bones

he should have buy a laptop with dat kain of money and start doing yawu

joenor:
I dey tell you, you are being paid 2500 daily, what a fool hes, Where I work my daily pay is half the moni hes been paid daily... he is a lazy idiot

That is why l shake my head whenever l read some Nairalanders blaming recession for the criminal tendencies of some Nigerians! Let assume he works 26 days in month that amounts to N65,000 not to talk of the amount he will be making if he is selling to recyclers used Pet bottles and cans he gathers from the cleaning! How many Nigerian graduates are seeing such money?

I didn't check the names but I know it must be the afonjas ndi Yoruba. Na their small work be that

note I wrote ndi ofem.manu. and nairaland change it to Yoruba