BY FOLASHADE KEHINDE
THE Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, said it had arrested six suspected hoodlums in connection with the violent clash that occurred in Obalende, Ikoyi area of the state.
The Command also said the arrested suspects had been handed over to the state CID, Panti, Yaba, for discreet investigation.
THE POINT had reported that residents of Obalende were greeted on Thursday morning with heavy gunshots.
The gunshot sounds, which threw the entire area into panic, were initially said to have been from rival cult groups.
It was later gathered that the clash was between rival road transport unions – National Union of Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, however, confirmed in a statement issued after the incident, that the clash was between transport unions in the area, adding that the leaders of the transport unions had been invited for interrogation and further action.
He said, based on preliminary findings, no life was lost in the crisis, noting that normalcy had returned to the area.
The PPRO said, “The Command has deployed resources to disperse and suppress the hoodlums fomenting trouble at the 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 the Lagos Island in general, with the available resources deployed to the area command.
