186 suspected hoodlums were arrested by officials of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit at Oshodi area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, on a Friday morning.
Suspected hoodlums arrested at Oshodi early today
Among the arrested were 33 underage children and a mother with her 5 children.
The children, according to the taskforce, would be taken to the Lagos State Correctional Centre for rehabilitation.
Fully equipped the taskforce officials in a police van raided the area between 12:30 a.m. and 1.30 a.m.
Initially they arrested 206 suspected hoodlums but after screening, 20 people were set free.
Taskforce Chairman, Bayo Sulaiman, Chief Superintendent of Police, said the new suspected hoodlums apprehended were different from those arrested last week.
After last week successful operation on detention officails decided to do a follow-up as the exercise is continuous.
Sulaiman said that they don't know where these people come from but the taskforce will continue to monitor Oshodi.
He also urged mothers to take care of their children and don't allow them to get back to the streets.
Children were taken to the state correctional centre waiting for parents to show up to hand them over.
But if the parents do not show up, the state will rehabilitate them.
The other suspects would be charged to court soon to face prosecution.
Sulaiman vowed that the state government would not allow Oshodi to slide back to its former state where hoodlums had a field day.
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