FIVE people were killed, between Tuesday evening and Wednes-day morning, killed, as factions of social miscreants, known as area boys, renewed their hostilities in the Fadeyi area of Mushin in Lagos State.
Several people were also severely injured and many vehicles badly damaged as the miscreants battled for control of territory around Akorohunfayo, Lawani, Bajulaye and Akoka areas of Somolu.
Residents of the areas, who could not continue to live at the mercy of hoodlums, protested to the Alausa secretariat of the Lagos State government, carrying with them corpses of three of the victims.
Two people were, on Tuesday evening, killed at Bajulaye area, as miscreants, identified as Fadeyi and Ereko boys, invaded Bajulaye, to renew their rivalry with another faction of the hoodlums in the area.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the hoodlums invaded Bajulaye and Akoka areas with assorted weapons, leading to the death of two unidentified youths on Tuesday evening, before anti-riot policemen forced them to flee.
The crisis, however, continued early Wednesday, as two cab operators and a woman, believed to be on her way to the market, were killed as the hoodlums invaded Akorohunfayo Street.
The hoodlums was reported to have earlier tried to attack their rivals at Lawani Street, but met stiff resistance, before they invaded Akorohunfayo Street.
The two cab operators were said to be planning to go out for the day business when they were hit by stray bullets.
Angry residents, who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune on condition of anonymity, accused the police in the state of insensitivity to the plight of residents of Somolu.
A resident of Bajulaye Street, Vincent Olatunde, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune on Wednesday, decried the activities of area boys in Somolu and advised the state government to take the issue seriously.
When the Nigerian Tribune visited the scene on Wednesday, angry residents were seen in groups, waiting for those who had gone to the state secretariat in Alausa to protest the latest killings.
The image maker in charge of the state police command, Joseph Jaiyeoba, while speaking on the incident, said two corpses were, around 4.30 a.m on Wednesday, found lying in one of the streets in Fadeyi.
He said the corpses had been removed, while men of the Rapid Response Squad had been drafted to the scene to restore normalcy.
The Nigerian Tribune
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