Six suspected hoodlums responsible for the disturbance in the Obalende area of Lagos State on Thursday have been arrested.
The Lagos State Police Command announced the arrest of the suspects after the unrest in the area on Thursday, adding that it had also invited the leaders of transport unions in the area for interrogation and further actions.
A video that circulated on social media on Thursday showed people running for their lives at Obalende Thursday morning, after gunshots were heard following a clash between two rival transport unions, National Union of Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria.
But in a statement later in the day by its spokesman in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, the police said, “The Command has deployed resources to disperse and suppress the hoodlums fomenting troubles at Obalende area of Lagos State. Normalcy has been restored to the area.
“Based on preliminary findings, the crisis that occurred today Thursday 11th February 2021, was between transport unions in the area and no life was lost. Six (6) suspected hoodlums have been arrested and handed over to state CID, Panti, Yaba for discreet investigation.
“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has warned that the command will not condone any act of lawlessness and criminality in the state. He however directed the area commander Area A, Lion Building, ACP Bode Ojajuni, to intensify efforts on flushing the hoodlums out of the area and on Lagos Island in general, with the available resources deployed to the area command.
“The leaders of transport unions in the area, however, have been invited for interrogation and further actions.”