The Ogun State Police Command has detained 27 people in connection with the chaos that erupted in Sagamu on Monday morning.
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer, made the announcement on Monday, just hours after the violence that resulted in the destruction of two banks.
In a brief statement, Oyeyemi stated that 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.
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.