The suspects were parts of those who went on a rampage when a smuggler's vehicle which they believed was being chased by men of Nigerian customs knocked down a motorcycle rider and the victim died instantly.
The hoodlums immediately went berserk and started vandalizing vehicles of innocent passersby. After setting ablaze some vehicles, the hoodlums moved to a popular hotel in the area where officers of Nigerian customs used to lodge and started looting and vandalizing the hotel.
Immediately a distress call was made to the police, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, deployed men of a special squad to the scene to collaborate with policemen from Ewekoro and other adjoining stations to bring the situation under control.
On getting to the scene, the hoodlums who attacked the policemen by throwing stones at them were eventually subdued and thirteen amongst them were apprehended.
The commissioner of police who was at the scene for on-the-spot assessment has vowed to make example of those arrested for others to know that it is barbaric to take laws into one's hands.
He, therefore, directed that others who partook in the dastardly act must be hunted for and brought to book.
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