The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 27 suspects in connection with the pandemonium that broke out in Sagamu on Monday morning.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Monday, a few hours after the violence, which led to the destruction of two banks, broke out.
Oyeyemi in a terse statement said normalcy has returned to the area.
He said “normalcy has been restored in greater parts of Sagamu now. CP Frank Mba is personally leading police teams and some military men to tackle the situation.
“About 27 suspects have been arrested.”
There had been reports of violence that broke out on Monday morning when some irate youths in Sagamu, Ogun State, went on the rampage following their inability to withdraw cash.
With bonfires, the protesters barricaded the Sagamu-Benin expressway and others, preventing human and vehicular movements.
Our correspondent gathered that the violence broke out as early as 8am when the angry youths took to the streets and started the violence.
The violence erupted as a result of the alleged stoppage of the banks’ operations.
It was further gathered that the youths got enraged when the Automated Teller Machines reportedly stopped dispensing cash last week.
The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) had last week ordered that the old N200 notes be allowed to co-exist with the new notes till April 10 while both old N500 and N1,000 notes ceased to be legal tender..
Some residents who spoke with our correspondent said two banks were damaged.
The affected banks, according to them, were Keynote and Union banks.
The Akarigbo of Remo, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, has called for calm.
Source: Punchng
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