No fewer than seven persons sustained injuries
when armed hoodlums attacked residents of Giwa
Street, Adeniyi Street and Cole Street along tollgate
in Mushin area of Lagos State.
It was learned that the hoodlums, numbering about
20, stormed the streets, beginning from Fadeyi Bus
Stop, attacking motorcyclists, traders and
vandalizing vehicles parked on the streets.
The incident saw residents scampering for safety,
while the hoodlums robbed passers-by of their
belongings and valuables at gunpoint.
When Vanguard visited the streets, damaged
vehicles littered everywhere.
One of the victims, Mrs. Biola Omotosho, a resident
whose son, identified simply as Muiz, was attacked
by the hoodlums, said: “My son was coming from
Ijora, when the hoodlums attacked him, beat him
and stole his phone and wallet.
”I was at home when some people, who knew him,
came to tell me that my son had been attacked by
the hoodlums. When I got there and tried to stop
them, one of them hit me on my head with a plank.
“I ran back home to inform my family members who
could help rescue my son.
“Before I got home I fainted on the road due to the
blood I had lost.
SOS to Lagos govt
“My son is an easy-going person; the hoodlums
have turned our peaceful community to a battled
field. We call on Lagos State government to come to
our aid.”
Johnson Omobolaji, a commercial motocyclist, who
was not spared by the hoodlums, said: “My friend,
Emmanuel Ojo, and I were coming from Fadeyi Bus
Stop, when we suddenly heard the cry of a woman
shouting for help and I persuaded my friend to help
the woman.
“When we got to the spot where the woman and his
son were being beaten by the hoodlums, we
approached them and begged them to allow her go.
One of the boys cut my friend and I on the
shoulder.”
Loot shop
Mrs. Kudirat Olushola, who sell groceries at Giwa
Street, had her shop looted by the hoodlums and
her money stolen.
She said: “I was inside my shop attending to
customers when suddenly I heard a gunshots.
Immediately my customers and I fled.
“When I came back from hiding, they had looted my
shop and stolen N300,000 cash kept in the shop.
“I am tired of this hoodlum’s harassment; we want
the Lagos State Police Command to come to our
rescue, because we do not have another place to
run to.”
A commercial motorcyclist, who identified himself
as Tunde Azeez, told Vanguard: “About 10 of my
friends’ motorcycles parked at a mechanic
workshop were taken away by the hoodlums and
they told us to come and bail them with N10,000
each or forfeit them.”
He lamented that innocent residents, who were
caught in the crossfire, were arrested by policemen
from Alakara Police Station.
He said: “I wonder the kind of police we have in
Nigeria. They left the hoodlums and arrested my
boys who were working in the bakery.”




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ftc things, wishing those that were injured quick recovery

9ja... jst like d wild west, a lotta tins can kill ya...


Though still safer than some western countries....

...soon people will start blamin d govt

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