Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- The police in Lagos say a total of 186 murder suspects were arrested between January and August this year.

Hakeem Odumosu, the police commissioner in the state, said this during a security and business dialogue at the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday.

In addition to the murder cases, Mr Odumosu said 493 suspected armed robbers, including traffic robbers; and 397 suspected cultists were arrested.

He added that 160 robbery incidents were foiled, while six residential robberies were successful but no life lost in the incidents.

"You are not unaware of the general security challenges that are noticeable in Lagos which include armed robbery, cultism, robbery-in-traffic, gangster...