Soldiers arrest 116 suspects during operation in Lagos

No fewer than 116 suspects were arrested on Monday when soldiers from the Nigerian Army’s 9th Brigade raided criminal hideouts in the Oshodi area below the bridge, including Lagos State.

PUNCH subway learned that the soldiers searched bags and pockets of commuters during the raid.

A Twitter user, @OgoMushin, said it looked like a state of emergency had been declared.

another user, @Olu_Bebeji, said people riding the routes raised their hands.

The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Major AK Bello, said: “There is a ‘Still Water’ exercise that we are conducting now. The exercise aims to curb crime in Lagos State. In this operation, we decided to go to the Oshodi area and arrested 116 persons. We took them to our barracks where we did more research.

“We handed over those we caught with hard drugs and weapons to the police. We released nearly 80 individuals after we checked and found they were innocent, but we caught some red-handed stealing Indian hemp and others with guns.”

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