The Lagos House of Assembly on Tuesday blamed the police for an upsurge of crime in the state and claimed that crime-fighting vigilante groups like the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) were being killed unnecessarily, ‘The Guardian’ reported.
However, State Commissioner of Police Mike Okiro said clashes between the OPC and the police, during which about 31 people died on Sunday and Monday, had been caused by atrocities committed by the group. He also said police reinforcements had arrived in Lagos, the newspaper reported.
The Lagos House of Assembly mandated its Committee on Information, Strategy and Security to examine the security situation in the state and recommend measures to enhance the safety of lives and property.
The police said atrocities committed by the OPC included the killing of five persons, three of them were reportedly murdered at the request of their landlord who had been trying to evict them.
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