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Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said that the arrested protesters at Lekki tollgate were ” miscreants,” adding that some of them were arrested with machetes and other dangerous weapons.
Odumosu, while speaking with journalists at Lekki tollgate, on Wednesday, also said the state deployed massive policemen to venue of the protest because of its economic importance to the state.
“This is a business environment. I provided them with security yesterday at Adeniyi Jones,” he said.
“I have told them not to stop, that they should keep on moving. We agreed that they should keep moving. Any vehicle that is abandoned, we will take them from here to protective custody.
“We arrested some people now with machetes. These are miscreants. Today is a working day. I called Tope who is one of the leaders, and he said by 10 am, they had left. I spoke to their leader, who represented them at the panel, and he said they had left,” Odumosu added.
The police boss also said:”I called Falana, he said this would be indoor. We shall continue to be here until normalcy is returned.
“There should be means of identification. If they are organised, then we have a means of identification. They don’t have an agreed leadership. There must be a leader who should be held responsible. ”
On the arrest of a journalist at the venue, Odumosu said: “The journalist that was arrested did not have any means of identification. When they called me, and they told me he was a journalist, I said he should be released.”