By John Ogunsemore
The Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested 18 miscreants in connection with a riot orchestrated under the guise of a protest against power outage at Tejuosho Market Phase II, Surulere area of the state.
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday.
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The police said some miscreants and hoodlums on Thursday mobilised and damaged some sections of the premises of a commercial bank located within the market and attacked police personnel on guard duty at the bank.
According to the statement, the Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel repelled the attacks and firmly protected the bank from invasion by the hoodlums and miscreants, exercising high level of restraint during the encounter.
Oluseyi said, “The details of the incident are that on 18th September 2025, at about 2:30pm, the Lagos Command received a distress call that hoodlums and miscreants had started attacking people, damaging goods and properties in Tejuosho Market.
“Further information revealed that the hoodlums attacked mobile policemen guarding a commercial bank within the market who firmly repelled them and prevented them from invading the bank.
“The hoodlums and miscreants were also prevented from invading the Market Police Post.
“On receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, promptly deployed additional police personnel, conventional policemen, and tactical squads to the scene.
“The operatives successfully dispersed the hoodlums and miscreants and arrested eighteen (18) of the suspects in the act of the violence and mayhem they caused in Tejuosho Market.”
He disclosed that marketers and customers continued their trading activities after the police team promptly restored normalcy.
“The 18 suspects are currently in police custody under investigation and more concerted efforts are being made to arrest all other suspects that participated in the disturbance of the peace of the market and environs.
“They will all be prosecuted.”
Meanwhile, Lagos CP, Olohundare Jimoh reiterated that violent attacks on police personnel and destruction of property would not be tolerated.
He advised Lagosians to show utmost respect to police personnel in the discharge of their responsibility of protecting lives and property.
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