Some enraged teenagers stormed a police post on Olayiwola Close in the Oregun neighborhood of Ikeja, Lagos State. They lit the post on fire and injured a police officer on duty.
The incident, the cause of which has yet to be determined, injured a police officer in the head.
Reports indicate they took the officer to the emergency unit at the toll gate on the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway for treatment. Simultaneously, flames engulfed the station, prompting the alert and dispatch of officers from the Lagos State Fire Service to assist in the area.
The fire was extinguished, but a portion of the police station’s structure was damaged. However, state Police Public Relations Officer SP Benjamin Hundeyin has confirmed the incidence, SP Benjamin Hundeyin.
He said the investigation into the situation has begun, adding that “no suspect had been arrested.”
Meanwhile, two alleged Yoruba Nation members were apprehended on Sunday during an attempt to take over the Alausa Station in Ikeja. While on the premises, the agitators, totaling around 15, took out their phones and began filming the station. They also started yelling.
“No more Nigeria police again, Yoruba Nation has taken over in Yoruba land.”
The demonstrators assaulted several police officers at the station in an attempt to disperse them. Hundeyin reported that police reinforcement quickly arrived at the scene, arresting two agitators while others managed to escape. The Lagos PPRO stated that the suspects were discovered with charms, cutlasses, and emblems of the organization.
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