No fewer than 11 members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have been arrested in Lagos over alleged disturbance of public peace.

The union members, according to report were apprehended by Operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce while unleashing mayhem in Yaya-Abatan garage in Ogba area of the state.

Dangerous weapons such as axes, diggers, broken bottles and cutlasses were said to have been recovered from them.

Chairman of the Agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi who confirmed the arrest, warned all members of the Union across the State to always conduct their activities in a peaceful manner, vowing that anyone caught fomenting trouble would be severely dealt with in accordance with the law.

Egbeyemi, a CSP confirmed the arrest of the suspects, asserting that causing mayhem around Yaya-Abatan garage at Ogba, revealing that dangerous weapons such as axes, diggers, broken bottles and cutlasses were recovered from all those arrested in connection with the mayhem.

He said all arrested suspects have been immediately charged to court to serve as a deterrent to other union members who might want to disturb the peace in the State.