The commissioner did not state when the market would be reopened.
According to him, the Ijora under-bridge axis had long served as a criminal enclave, accommodating miscreants.
“The five suspects involved were arrested on Wednesday and they will be charged to court soon,” he said.
Business centres, artisans shops and an Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) shrine around the fence of the schools were destroyed during the operation.
The suspects have been charged to court.
He said the task force was set to clamp down on street traders and support sister agencies in enforcing the total ban on highway trading.
