Residents of Ayede Ogbese in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, abandoned their homes on Saturday, when youths went on rampage to protest the arrest of a suspected thug, Adebo Ademola by the police.
The protesters made attempts to set the police post in the town ablaze, but for the timely intervention of the State commissioner of Police, Mrs Hilda Harrison who deployed anti-riot police men to the community.
For several hours, travellers were stranded as all major roads in the town, including the Owo-Abuja road were blocked by the protesters.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state Police command, Mr Femi Joseph, explained that the police in compliance with the order of the Commissioner of Police, Mrs Harrison , arrested a notorious thug in the town who also specializes in selling indian hemp.
He said that the suspect was caught with various incriminating objects when the police searched his residence, alleging further that the residents of the town resolved to protest when the Divisional Police Officer in the area, Mr Akeem Adedeji resisted their overtures.
However, the PPRO disclosed that peace had returned to the town, adding that the anti-riot police officers deployed to the town would remain there till normalcy returned .
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