The Lagos State Police Command said 18 hoodlums and miscreants who hijacked a protest against power outage in Tejuosho Market Phase II, Surulere, have been arrested and are under investigation.
In a statement issued and signed on Friday, the state Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Babaseyi Oluseyi, said the hoodlums and miscreants damaged some sections of the bank premises and attacked police personnel on guard duty at the bank within the market.
Oluseyi said, “The details of the incident are that on 18th September 2025, at about 2:30 pm, 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 18 of the suspects in the act of the violence and mayhem they caused in Tejuosho Market.”
He disclosed that the 18 suspects are currently in police custody under investigation, and more concerted efforts are being made to arrest all other suspects.
“They would all be prosecuted on completion of the investigation,” Oluseyi added.
