Police, in Lagos State,  have arrested  three members of a gang that have, in the past past few years, been flooding Lagos and its neighbouring  states  with fake and adulterated insecticide products .

The three members of the gang were at the weekend arrested by officers from Ilemba Hausa Divisional police station after a raid on the gang’s  hideout  at Adededola Street  Sabo Oniba , Ajangbadi area of the state.

The gang members , Frank Uba , Atumodu Akubue and Christian Agwu  have since confessed their involvement in the illicit act  of economic sabotage and risk to the lives of several millions of Nigerians .

The gang was in the habit of buying empty cans of used insecticide  products and refilling the cans with counterfeit chemical substances  through the aid of a gas cylinder  and other equipment.

The image maker in charge of the state police command, Mr. Frank Mba  while parading the suspects on Monday  stated that policemen from Ilemba Hausa police station, while acting on intelligence information, invaded the premises , where the counterfeit products were being manufactured .

Mba further stated that equipments and other accessories being used by the gang including  gas cylinders , empty cans of Raid Kill It , Baygon , Rambo Mobil and other insecticides and Easy On liquid spray   starch were recovered from the criminal hideout .

Frank  Uba, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune  confessed to have actively participated in the illicit act but claimed that he was introduced into the “ business “by Otumodu, a friend of his.

The 25-year-old suspect , who claimed to be second-hand cloth seller in Ajangbadi while admitting that he was quite aware of the implication of the deadly business stated that he had not been paid any money , since he joined the gang.

Uba informed the Nigerian Tribune that the gang bought its can from  Hausa  scavengers at the rate of N30 per can , while the cartons were sourced from different markets in the state .

Mba   stated that the police, as part of the efforts to ensure a comprehensive investigation of the activities of the  hoodlums, had sent samples of the counterfeit products to laboratories  to ascertain the health implications of the product.