There was pandemonium in Oshodi area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Thursday evening as factions of hoodlums engaged in a gun battle for supremacy.
There was sporadic gunshots by the hoodlums for several minutes as passers-by ran helter-skelter to avoid being caught by stray bullets.
The mayhem started from Oshodi under bridge where the hoodlums were said to have engaged in a battle culminating in a riot.
It was gathered that the riot broke out over fees being collected from commercial bus drivers as they disagreed on who to collect the fees.
Spirited efforts by policemen from Mosafejo Division to quell the riot by shooting several canisters of teargas to disperse the rampaging hoodlums proved abortive as the hoodlums refused to back off.
It was also learnt that the street urchins even engaged the police in a shootout.
Motorists and pedestrians deserted the area as the gun fire continued.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Lagos, Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident, but noted that the police were able to curtail the unrest and restore peace to the area.
According to him, hoodlums actually went on rampage in Oshodi, saying that the police had mobilized and restored peace to the area.
This area of Lagos is a place o know very well, the mosafejo police station is not enough to handle the hoodlums that life's under that bridge and in the olorunsogo market.
ReplyDeleteThis hoodlums have been in this areas for more than 20 years and they know all the police officer in the mosafejo police station but in person and by name.
The police over there are tired of this guys and if you worry them too much as an officer you may get beaten up some day and nobody will do anything about it . All you hear is there is peace there now everything is under control !
All this agbero and ther whala, I wonder when they will stop collecting money 4m bus drivers..
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