11 miscreants have been arrested at Marlian Fest which held at Eko hotel, VI, Lagos following reports of misdemeanor.
This is coming after videos surfaced online showing fans of Nigerian Artiste Naira Marley, locked in a police taskforce vehicle. Naira Marley’s fans who like to be addressed as Marlians, were seen asking the public for help in the video.
Meanwhile, another video had earlier surfaced showing some Marlians scaling the fence of the the hotel on order to gain entrance to the show.
However, Bala Elkana, spokesman of Lagos state Police Command speaking with LIB, confirmed that 11 miscreants were already in custody.
”We have 11 suspects arrested and mostly outside the event venue. These are miscreants who come mainly to steal. Some of them were arrested after stealing handsets from some fans that wanted to enter.
So when they attempted stealing handsets, police quickly rushed and arrested them and picked them. Some of those arrested also had no tickets, they just came trying to force their way into the event venue.
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The tight security could not allow them and so they were picked and handed over to the police for trying to cause commotion there. They were picked by the police and other security outfits that were there. But the concert was generally peaceful, the whole event was peaceful” he said