• No robbery in Ikeja, says Hundeyin
The enforcement team of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, yesterday, dislodged many of the street traders operating along the Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase I, Lagos.

Spokesman for the ministry, Kunle Adeshina, made this known in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He said: “The Ministry of Environment &WR Environmental monitoring and enforcement team on duty at Admiralty way, Kusenla road, kate, Elegushi road in Lekki phase I dislodged street traders and demolished illegal structures serving as trading posts.”

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, denied reports of daylight robbery in Ikeja area of Lagos.

Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos command, Benjamin Hundeyin said, “We wish to state categorically that this is scaremongering. There are no incidents of ‘robbers in tricycles robbing passengers in broad daylight between Adeniyi Jones and Ikeja under bridge. While there might have been one or two opportunistic pickpockets who snatched phones and made away with the phones, claims of ‘several victims brutally attacked’ in broad daylight in the ever-busy Ikeja is nothing but an exaggeration calculated at causing panic.”

Hundeyin added:“ The projection that ‘this trend will be on the rise’ is not only ill conceived but is an outcome of a watery and shallow crime trend analysis.

Lagosians are, therefore, encouraged to go about their lawful duties in the mentioned axis and Lagos State at large without fear of harassment or intimidation, as the Police Command has commenced in earnest improved deployment of human, material and operational resources to ensure their safety and security as the year draws to a close and beyond.”