{"id":399789,"date":"2021-10-03T06:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T05:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=399789"},"modified":"2021-10-03T06:52:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T05:52:28","slug":"we-know-criminals-hideouts-on-lagos-waterways-merchant-navy-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=399789","title":{"rendered":"We know criminals\u2019 hideouts on Lagos waterways \u2013 Merchant Navy chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1672233 jetpack-lazy-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Merchant-Navy.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Merchant-Navy.jpg?width=300&amp;auto_optimize=medium 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Merchant-Navy-200x150.jpg?width=200&amp;auto_optimize=medium 200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Merchant-Navy.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/data:image\/gif;base64,https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><br \/>\nThe Training Depot Commander of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Coastal Defence Force, Lagos, Ichuku Agaba, says the force has identified criminal hideouts on  Lagos waterways.<br \/>\nAgaba told the Newsmen in Lagos on Saturday that the force was prepared to take the battle to the criminal hideouts.<br \/>\nHe said also that the group had joined forces with the Nigerian Navy and the Police to check coastal criminals in Lagos.<br \/>\nThe Merchant Navy chief said in the last eight months, the force had arrested eight suspected armed robbers around the Kosofe waterfront base attacking innocent citizens.<br \/>\nThe suspects were handed over to the police for prosecution, he added.<br \/>\n\u201cWe carried out surveillance on waterways in Lagos and now know the criminal hideouts.<br \/>\n\u201cWe identified them but we lack logistics to carry out arrests. We use locally made boats. We need speedboats for patrols, arms and other equipment.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want the government to empower us; we promise that within one week, these criminal elements operating on the waterways in Lagos will be arrested. We have the manpower, but lack logistics.<br \/>\n\u201cI have written to Lagos State government for logistics; if we have the necessary equipment, criminals cannot come from elsewhere to commit crime in Lagos and escape from our men,\u2019\u2019 he assured.<br \/>\nAgaba said another major challenge the group faced was physical structures and welfare of personnel, stressing that its men currently operate from make-shift tents at their Kosofe waterfront base, Ogudu Orin-Oke.<br \/>\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have a basic salary; we contribute money, foods and material things with which we sustain ourselves. Some people bring water and other needed things. That is why we appeal to the state and the Federal Government for logistics,\u2019\u2019 he said.<br \/>\nAgaba also told Newsmen that the force was ready to join other fighting bandits and terrorists in the north of Nigeria provided it got training and provision of necessary needs.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Training Depot Commander of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Coastal Defence Force, Lagos, Ichuku Agaba, says the force has identified criminal hideouts on Lagos waterways. Agaba told the Newsmen in Lagos on Saturday that the force was prepared to take the battle to the criminal hideouts. He said also that the group had joined forces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":399790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3773,3],"tags":[250,11373,17425],"class_list":["post-399789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-lagos","tag-navy","tag-water-ways"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=399789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/399790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=399789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=399789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=399789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}