The Lagos State Police Command has arrested eight men in connection with the torturing of two women in the Ejigbo area of the state.
The suspectswere said to have been arrested on Saturday afternoon after authorities at the Ejigbo Market were given an ultimatum by the monarch, Oba Moruf Ojoola of Ejigbo.
The video of the two women, stripped naked and tortured for allegedly stealing pepper, went viral on the Internet, drawing nationwide condemnation.
One of the women, it was later revealed, died due to the injuries she sustained.
The Lagos State House of Assembly subsequently set up a committee to investigate the matter.
It was learnt that although the images of the assailants did not appear in the amateur video footage, traders were said to have identified and exposed them after the market was shut indefinitely by the monarch on the condition that they produce the suspects.