Obanlende crisis: Police restore normalcy, arrest six

 Obanlende crisis: Police restore normalcy, arrest six

By Abolaji Adebayo

 

The Lagos Police Command said normalcy has been restored to the troubled Obalende area, stating that six people have been arrested by the operatives who were deployed to disperse and suppress the hoodlums fomenting troubles in the area.

Based on preliminary findings, the crisis, that occurred on Thursday, was between transport unions in the area.

According to the police, no life was lost in the crisis while the suspected hoodlums arrested have been handed over to the state CID, Panti, Yaba for discreet investigation.

The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, 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 recourses deployed to the area command.

The leaders of transport unions in the area, however, have been invited for interrogation and further actions.

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