Police in Lagos state have arrested two officials of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) suspected to be behind Friday’s clash on Lagos Island.
Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the police command in Lagos State, Olayinka Egbeyemi, made the disclosure on the command’s Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
NAN reports that the latest clash on Friday, which left two persons dead, paralysed commercial activities in the area for hours until a police team restored peace.
Egbeyemi said that one Kunle Poly and Tafa Sego were arrested on Monday where NURTW officials were meeting with some transport stakeholders.
He said;
We arrested two principal suspects this evening, who have been in constant clashes in Idumota and its environs which has intermittently crippled commercial activities in the area.
The arrest was effected today at a meeting where the two NURTW members along with some other stakeholders converged.
The latest clash which occurred last week Thursday reportedly led to the death of a victim while commercial activities were paralyzed in the area for some time.
— Lagos State Police Command II (@rrslagos767) January 24, 2022
Egbeyemi added that the two suspects and others have been transferred to Zone II Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, for further investigation.
— Lagos State Police Command II (@rrslagos767) January 24, 2022
