Lagos State Environment Sanitation and Special Offenses Taskforce on Friday intercepted a truck laden with 48 motorcycles and 123 men coming from Jigawa State.

The truck was seized, following a tip off by members of the public who raised security concern about the manner with which the occupants of the truck conducted themselves.

After the interception, the truck and its occupants were moved to the office of the Taskforce in Oshodi for interrogation.

Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce, Mr Yinka Egbeyemi, said the trailer was accosted in the wee hours on Friday, after a security alert from the public. He said his team swiftly responded to the information, which led to the seizure of the truck and its occupants at Agege area of Lagos.

He said: “While my team was on operation, we got information from the public that some people had entered into Lagos in trailer loaded with over 300 people. We swiftly responded to the alert and trailed the truck from Berger area to Agege. We eventually intercepted the truck which carried no few than 123 men and 48 motorcycles.

“We have interrogated most of the truck’s occupants; from the information we gathered, some of them said they were coming from Jigawa State, with 48 of them claiming to own seized motorcycles. The rest of them said they came to Lagos in search of greener pasture.”

Egbeyemi said the Lagos Police Command had directed that a fact-finding panel be constituted to profile the detained occupants of the truck, but he added that nothing incriminating was found on them apart from the motorcycles.

One of the detained occupants, Shuaibu Haruna, said he left Jigawa State to work in Lagos with his motorcycle. He claimed to have a wife and a son, but said he needed to double his income to cater for his family.

Haruna said he intended to stay in Isolo area to which he had already paid N7,000 as accommodation fee.

Another occupant, Mohammed Ibrahim, said he left his base in the Northern part of the country to keep himself busy after finishing his farm work. He said he was going to Badagry to join his brother.

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lalasticlala, Mynd44

Eko Ni eleyi

Just remind me the way patrol ships flag down hundreds of Africans trying to cross the Mediterranean sea for greener pasture.

What is going on in this country?

Just an order from above and the whole the ng goes off the radar.

Population explosion...... Lagos is the new Mecca...is part of the agreement if the election is won.....Next Level migration... The are heading to Ajah.......The slum opposite Abraham Adesanya.

which crime did they commit to be arrested. So far they are Nigerians they are free to move from place to place

nku5:
which crime did they commit to be arrested. So far they are Nigerians they are free to move from place to place

i am ashame of you .

Buhari is the annointed Mahdi. The Messiah of the North. The Messiah that brings poverty, suffering, destruction and death

They should allow them to enter..

Don't stop them by any means possible.


They are repentant boko haram empowered by government.


And the safest place for them is SW.

They were evenly distributed amont SW states.



I read about such earlier this morning.


They should be allowed to stay.

skedman:
i am ashame of you .

Why are you ashamed of him when he stated an undisputed fact.
They are free to stay in lagos.
They came straight to their Base where they are secure.


EMIR OF LAGOS LOADING

Lagos state should ban motorcycles across the state that will solve this menace

Emir of Lagos coming....one word from above very soon and "they" will be reminded of their slave status

skedman:
i am ashame of you .

The guy is right, they'll be released because they've done nothing. Worst LASG will do is to impound the motor cycles, which they can also contend.

Many more are coming, the police were able to see these ones because they were tipped off by the public. There could be more that may have crossed under the radar.

Something is going on. If you know you know.

okada bokoharam men seeking hid out jail dem 4 three months the truth will com out

Hmmm, I hope its not that old method of infiltrate your enemy so you can take them down from within. Just a single order & we'll wake up to war on our doorsteps. These guys are everywhere!

Again people, is it out of place for every citizen of this nation to have been registered via biometrics in the national database?
We have been busy the most mundane things thereby forgetting our civic duties.
Every single Nigerian should demand some basic services such as the national database to forestall such confusing scenarios.

Mtcheww

These people are from Niger Republic, they are told to claim Jigawa as their State

They are trooping in daily in hundreds,

So u guys voted for 'next level' and still have the effrontery to come to the South?! I thought ur Northern guy was said to have transformed the north..so who is deceiving who? ..well wetin consign us?

They came to hustle, for many of them Lagos is like Europe to them!

Lagos sha..God gave that state glory oooo from the north ma there dem go go..even our brothers from the east who claims they sabi all nadere dem dey make am May God give somebody the kind of glory that even your haters can't do without coming to you for a living

Those r buhari's brothers na. They will be released in no distant time.. Fear aboki.

They should seize the bikes and send them back. Ambode caused this nonsense,He refused to follow up the footsteps of Fashola. Ban okada for good and for the security of Lagosians.

They want to either cause mayhem or add to the already densely populated city.