New information has emerged about the collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos State Task Force, involving the removal of hundreds of residents and young people from the streets of Lagos State on Friday. These individuals were then transported and left in Osun State.
According to one of the affected youths, he was taken away by Nigerian policemen from his place of work on Friday afternoon. He explained to Sahara reporters that the law enforcement agents rounded up young people from various areas such as Ajah, TBS, and the Island, and gathered them inside an unfinished building at the Makoko police station before eventually moving them to a forest in Ilesha town, Osun State.
The youth further described the scene, stating that around five luxurious buses were filled with the young people and accompanied by policemen during their journey to Osun State. He shared, “We were arrested around 10pm yesterday and they dropped us at Ilesha in Osun State inside the bus and told us we should go and they even threatened to shoot a gun. We were arrested by police officers, they took us from Makoko police station to Elemoro and we were taken from Elemoro to Osun. We were plenty. It is about five luxurious buses. We were plenty. They told us that we were arrested because they wanted us to go back to our states.
“They parked people from Ajah, Ibeju Lekki, TBS, Agarawu, and Island. We were kept inside one uncompleted building inside the cell.
“Police officers followed us. They were the ones that even dumped us inside the forest. One of the officers wore a police uniform while others were task force jackets,
It’s worth noting that the Nigeria Police Force has not yet officially responded to this incident at the time of writing.
