September 1, 2019 
The police in Lagos on Saturday explained why they blocked a truck carrying citizens from northern Nigeria and arrested its occupants.
Lagos police commissioner, Zubairu Muazu, told Premium Times the arrests were carried out as a preemptive security measure against the backdrop of worsening insecurity across the country.
The 911 truck was riding into Lagos yesterday afternoon when police and Lagos government officials pulled it beside the road and ordered all occupants to alight.
The citizens, who were mostly young, had squeezed themselves among a cluster of motorbikes they were bringing into Lagos with them.
On Wednesday night, Lagos State uploaded a video of the incident on its official Twitter handle, drawing criticisms from some users who accused it of criminalising movement of citizens.
Lagos authorities did not immediately say whether anything was found on the arrested citizens that could indicate they were a security threat.
But Mr Muazu informed Premium Times that the police were responsible for the arrest, saying it was not because the citizens were northerners or okada riders.
“When you have people coming into Lagos enmasse, you have a duty to accost them and profile them and find out who they are, where they are coming from and what is their mission in Lagos,” Mr Muazu said.
“The movement is suspicious: They are not cows, and they are not yams, but they are coming in just like that. They could even be victims of human trafficking,” he added.
The police chief said about 140 persons were arrested and taken into custody on Friday from the single truck.
But he was unable to categorically say whether detectives found any sinister plots against them or when they would be released after being profiled.
“I have detailed some officers to thoroughly investigate the incident and submit their report to me in a short period of time, but I have not heard back from them as of this morning,” the commissioner said.
– Premium Times
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