No fewer than 19 men have been arrested for attempting to burn the Ejigbo Police station.
The Lagos State Police Command stated that the gang, a group of commercial motorcyclists at about 11.15 pm approached the surroundings of the station with dangerous weapons in an attempt to raise the station as a revenge of one of their colleagues who was allegedly knocked down by a police vehicle.
Reports stated that the group, notably Hausas hurled missiles at the station trying to bring it down which resulted to the damage of some vehicles.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, who condemned the attack on the police station by the gang, said nobody was knocked down by the police vehicle.
According to him, the Lagos State Traffic Law prohibits the movement of motorcycles after 10 pm.
He stated that the motorcyclists attempted to burn down the Ejigbo Police Station, but a quick reinforcement by the operatives at the station foiled the plans.
He added that the police repelled the irate youths by firing teargas canisters at the mob and that nobody was shot.
‘The motorcyclists wilfully damaged two operational vehicles belonging to the Rapid Response Squad, Ikeja.
“The police did not shoot at any of them; they only fired tear gas canisters to disperse them. The police arrested 19 of them over attempts to burn down the station.
“The police on night guard saw some people approaching and became alert, wondering what such number of people was coming to do at the station. Few metres away, the mob started throwing missiles at the police station. The police resisted them from entering the compound by closing the gate. If the police had allowed them to overwhelm them, they would have burned down the station.
“In the process, they damaged two of our patrol vehicles parked outside the station. The DPO was able to organise a security team that repelled them using tear gas to avoid killing anybody. ”
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