The Lagos State Police Command in Lagos State has debunked a publication alleging high crime rates in the state.
The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, refuted the report in a statement on Monday.
He said the publication in a national daily on Monday with the headline “Concerns as Lagos State grapples with high crime rate despite Closed Circuit Television cameras” was false.
Hundeyin claimed that apart from the story being stale, “more importantly, empirical statistics have shown that the thrust of the story is baseless and unfounded.”
According to him, a few months back, Lagos was unanimously adjudged the safest state in the country
“This development made the state a one-stop destination for all Nigerians and visitors, especially during the Yuletide.
“It is on record that over 500,000 people entered Lagos in December 2024 alone and 90 per cent of them remained in the state, within the same period, and near-zero crime was recorded,” he said.
He said the CCTV cameras installed by the state government had aided in the arrest of many criminal suspects.
Meanwhile, The PUNCH reports that a handful of persons have recently fallen victim to ‘one-chance’ robberies in the state.
Earlier in January, a victim, Jennifer Obiora, narrated how she was robbed in a commercial bus in the Iponri area of Lagos, losing N10,000 cash and her iPhone 11 Pro Max to thieves disguised as driver, conductor and passengers.
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