One Samuel Adeniyi who allegedly killed his girlfriend has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command.
He allegedly hit the girlfriend on the head with a sledgehammer in an disclosed area of Lagos.
This was disclosed on Thursday, by the state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, while addressing a press conference in Ikeja.
According to the CP, the suspect feared that the yet-to-be-identified girlfriend could dump him for another man hence, hsi decision to kill her.
“One Samuel Adeniyi got consumed by emotions and smashed the head of his girlfriend, and killed her. He (Adeniyi) said he suspected that the girl may leave him and perhaps for just that reason, he killed her and ran away. We have succeeded in arresting him and recovering the sledgehammer that he used and we will bring him to justice,” Owohunwa said.
While parading other suspected criminals, the police boss disclosed that within one month of launching Operation Flush, the police had recorded successes by raiding criminal hideouts and arresting suspected cultists and armed traffic robbers among others.
“It’s exactly a month that we launched Operation Flush which was designed to reclaim the public space from criminal elements that emerged at some point to threaten the internal security order in Lagos State.
“Within the past two weeks, we recovered 18 firearms including two AK 47 rifles, one locally fabricated and one very unique gun. It is a form of weapon that has never been found in the armoury of criminals in this country, it was also recovered. READ ALSO:
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“Two locally fabricated toy guns that were used to perfect robbery were also recovered. Fifteen cartridges, four expended cartridges, six matches, 34 bags of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, and two bags containing fake US dollars and Pounds Sterling notes were recovered as well.
“This again points to the fact that there is a syndicate adulterating engine oil within Lagos. That syndicate has also been cracked,” the CP said further.
