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Magodo-Isheri land tussle: Police vowed to take action on combatants

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Magodo-Isheri land tussle: Police vowed to take action on combatants

Lagos police commissioner, Idowu owohunwa has vowed to deliver these chargeable for the breach of peace in a tussle over land possession at Magodo-Isheri on Tuesday to e book.

Hoodlums had clashed on the Magodo-Isheri space on Tuesday over a courtroom judgment.

The hoodlums stormed the realm to forestall courtroom bailiffs from pasting an Attraction Court docket’s judgment given on March 16, confirming landlords in the neighborhood as house owners of the land.

The hoodlums, it was alleged, stormed the palace of the standard ruler of Isheri.

Some youths resident within the space, nonetheless, resisted the invaders, leading to a free-for-all involving the usage of harmful weapons.

The disaster created gridlock on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as motorists needed to discover different routes to flee the fray.

Talking throughout a go to to the realm, Owohunwa expressed remorse that the motion of the 2 warring teams breached public peace.

He suggested the warring teams to discover judicial course of within the decision of their disagreement quite than trigger chaos within the property.

“My message is that for these concerned on this breach, they are going to be held accountable for his or her actions.

“The Legal Investigation Division (CID) has been requested to take over the investigation.

“We now have recognized a few of the actors and we’re within the means of apprehending and bringing them to justice,’’ he stated.

Owohunwa stated no arrest had been made because the instant problem was to rapidly restore normalcy to the realm within the warmth of the disaster.

“Now that peace has been achieved, the following factor is to go after these concerned in breaching public peace.

“Now that the CID has taken over the case, there might be arrests any second from now,’’ Owohunwa assured.

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