There is panic in Mangoro, Ogba, Agege, Iyana Ipaja and Dopemu areas of Lagos as suspected hoodlums are robbing residents.
In what appeared like a coordinated operation, the hoodlums were said to have arrived in okadas and buses, armed with different kinds of weapons.
Residents had reached out to TalkGlitz that the suspects looted food stores and warehouses in the areas.
“They came in at about 7pm this night with about 30 okadas and 10 5 buses,” a resident in Aluminium village in Dopemu, told our reporter
“Many houses and food shops have been robbed. In fact they also broke into some warehouses here and stole items.”
In Mangoro, another resident said they attacked people on the streets, snatching purses.
“Nowhere is safe in the area now. Those that were on the streets were attacked and they collected their purses. They also broke into houses and robbed people of their valuables.”
Funny enough, the guy was standing with us, walking about when we were burning tyres in each junction. We dunno when he left and the next time he was seen was in the mini-bus driving.
He was asked where he saw the gun, he said the gun is for his grandfather, he was using it to— ▫️????????????????_????????????????▫️ (@OmoAfowowe) April 13, 2020
CHECK-POINTS EVERY WHERE IN MY AREA.
AYO AFOLABI, ABORU.
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No Police here ooo, they only came when we called them and drove off. They dint come back. No patrols. No Security. No nothing.
Just the residents staying up till this time. We can't sleep. ????????— ▫️????????????????_????????????????▫️ (@OmoAfowowe) April 13, 2020
In Iyana Ipaja, a resident said after previous attacks, some youth in the area lit bonfires on the streets.
“We know they have been operating in nearby streets, but we won’t allow them to get into our streets. We will keep a night over this fire,” one of them at Iyano Ipaja said.
Bala Elkana, Lagos police spokesperson, however, accused those with the bonfires of causing panic in the areas.
Thanks you @PoliceNG @rrslagos767 for the quick respond. We hope your patrol will be permanent in Agege.#agegeunrest #lagoslockdown pic.twitter.com/VPou7DapzG
— Bashir (@bash444) April 12, 2020
“We have sent our rapid response squad there, and what we discover are youth of that area stepping out in the name of protecting their areas from hoodlums coming in,” he said.
“Then burning tyres in the name of securing, and this on its own is creating panic. We have sent a strong message, the order is stay at home. Everybody must stay at home. We have enough deployment all this while. We are not under any threat. Those youths are looking for an opportunity to be out of the house, so they are creating panic. There is adequate police patrol in the areas.”
