Cars were looted and burned, banks and commercial locations were targeted, and stores were made to stay closed.
Following a violent protest that shook the town early on Monday due to fuel shortages and the new naira notes, normalcy seemed to have returned to the Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Cars were looted and burned, banks and commercial locations were targeted, and stores were made to stay closed.
Frank Mba, the state’s commissioner of police, who arrived at the scene with his troops and soldiers, reported that 30 individuals had been detained in relation to the unrest.
According to the locals, the violence began around 5:30 am while law-abiding individuals were still asleep.
The area most badly hit was Oba Erinwole Road, where roughly seven commercial bank branches were attacked, ATMs were broken into and looted, and the Sagamu neighbourhood was reduced to a ghost of its former self.
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In an additional attempt to enter the banking hall and the safe, hoodlums tore through the wall of a bank branch.
It needed the involvement of a team of police officers and Nigerian Army soldiers, both of whom were commanded by the Commissioner of Police, to stop the violent protests from getting worse.
30 people reportedly were detained inside one of the banks following the violent protest that shattered the otherwise quiet town.
Mba urged people to avoid participating in violent protests because they would worsen the nation’s already precarious security situation.
Although some normalcy has returned, the command has already sent officers and soldiers to key places to guarantee that law and order is maintained.
