No fewer than six of the suspected hoodlums who went on a rampage destroying the windscreen of vehicles parked on Ondo Street in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State, have been arrested.

At least five persons were seen in the viral footage that displayed the vandalism.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, while speaking on the incident on Wednesday, said that six suspects had been arrested in connection with the crime, adding that the police acted swiftly after receiving a distress call from the residents.

Adejobi said in his statement that, “The Lagos State Police Command has arrested six of the hoodlums, who attacked innocent Lagosians and damaged some vehicles on Ondo Street, Ebute-Meta, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

“Around 9.30pm on Tuesday, the hoodlums trooped out in numbers and started fomenting trouble in the area, but the police, while responding to distress calls from innocent people, chased and arrested some of them. The arrested suspects are Qudus Oke, 22; Abdullahi Ajose, 25; Kayi Ajayi, 33; Michael Ben, 27; Godwin Joseph, 25; and Oluwasegun Akinlade, 29.

“The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has vowed to get rid of hoodlums as well as hooliganism, gangsterism, cultism and other social vices, as all hands are on the deck to resist any act capable of jeopardising the security network of the state and causing pain and agonies to Lagosians during the ember months and beyond".