The operatives of the Rapid Response
Squad of the Lagos Police Command and Iyana Ipaja Area Command early this
morning arrested 20 youth over violence just as the youth smashed the head of
an RRS officer and the rear wind shield of his patrol car in Abule Oki, Iyana
Ipaja area of Lagos.
The suspects were arrested around
mid-night after almost two days of restiveness among rival gangs over dominance
in the area.
The youth who were numbering over
100 had at around 9:00 p.m yesterday set up bonfire on the expressway halting
vehicular traffic on the two sides of the ever busy Lagos Abeokuta Expressway.
On the ground quelling the violence
was the Commander, Area M, ACP Austin Akika, who was later joined at the scene
by the Commander, RRS, ACP Olatunji Disu.
The Rapid Response Squad was at the
scene of the crisis at noon on Tuesday before the night incidence.
At around 9:00 p.m. the RRS team
responding to distress call returned to Abule Oki to disperse the warring
gangs.
The officers were pushing back the
youth into the inner streets of Abule Oki when youth pelted the police with
stones and broken bottles which smashed the head of an officer and the rear
wind shield of one of its operational vehicle, a Toyota Corolla with the
registration number RRS 041 LA,
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