Nigeria: 30 Suspected Thugs in Police Net

29 January 2003

No fewer then 30 people have been arrested by the combined team of anti-thuggery security operatives of the Lagos State police command who combed the enclaves of people suspected to be political thugs.

Eko Trust investigation revealed that the suspected thugs were arrested in all parts of Lagos as the police declared war on people suspected to be trouble makers in the state during the next election.

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