Police arrest suspected criminal, recover pistol in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has announced the apprehension of a suspected criminal, Dare Shogaolu, popularly known arsenic “Super M,” during a stop-and-search cognition successful the Mushin country of the state.

The suspect, a 30-year-old male, was apprehended by operatives of the Anti-Crime Patrol Team from the Mushin Division portion carrying a container that contained a locally fabricated pistol.

According to a connection issued connected Thursday by the command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, the apprehension took spot astatine astir 10:00 p.m. connected March 5, 2026, on the LUTH Road axis of Mushin during a regular patrol by officers led by the Divisional Police Officer.

The constabulary said the patrol squad intercepted Shogaolu aft helium was spotted behaving suspiciously portion holding a achromatic and orange-yellow polythene bag.

A hunt conducted by the officers reportedly led to the find of 1 locally made pistol concealed wrong the bag.

Other items recovered from the fishy see a achromatic leather purse, immoderate charms and 3 pairs of slippers.

Preliminary investigations by the constabulary indicated that the fishy whitethorn person been progressive successful respective transgression activities wrong the Mushin country and was allegedly linked to disturbances reported successful the community.

The fishy is presently successful constabulary custody arsenic investiga...