Police in Lagos arrested scores of suspected members of the militant Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) at the weekend, police sources told journalists on Sunday.
The arrests, made at a market on the outskirts of Lagos, were linked to efforts to find the killers of a police superintendent, ‘The Guardian’ newspaper reported. The leader of an OPC faction, Ganiyu Adams, was declared wanted in connection with the superintendent’s killing and a reward offered for information leading to his capture.
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