The police said the crushing exercise was to clear the insinuations that police officers were selling impounded motorcycles.
The spokesperson for the command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said hoodlums took advantage of the gridlock to attack motorists after the protest had ended.
The police in Lagos have been raiding, detaining and extorting youths around Ikorodu over alleged cultism.
The victim’s mother had kept her in the custody of the suspect’s wife and travelled for three weeks.
According to the police spokesman, the patrol is to be sustained beyond the ember months.
Several arrested persons are said to be individuals who had nothing to do with the officer’s death.
Commissioner of police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered policemen to beef up the state’s security.
E-hailing drivers are unhappy with App companies for refusing to profile customers who patronise their services.
The state commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu, warned that suicide was morally wrong and criminal.
During a condolence visit to the family, the police said the killer policeman was undergoing an orderly room trial.
