The Kwara Police Command Sunday said it arrested 60 suspects connected with Saturday’s clash between officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and drug addicts in Ilorin.
The spokesman of the command, Mr Samuel Okasanmi, announced this while addressing newsmen in llorin on Sunday.
He said police had launched a manhunt for the ring leader of the disturbance.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that three people are feared dead and property worth millions of naira destroyed when suspected touts went on rampage in some areas of Ilorin.
The alleged ringleader of the crisis allegedly led a gang on a reprisal against some operatives of the NDLEA.
Okasanmi said the NDLEA operatives were part of the team that raided marijuana smokers’ spot at Idi-Ape-Baruba area on Friday.
He said many houses and motorcycles were burnt and damaged during the incidence.
The police spokesman said the command had ordered a thorough probe into the causes of the incidence while those found culpable would be prosecuted.
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