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By Lukman Olabiyi
Many people were injured and property worth millions of Naira were destroyed as armed hoodlums stormed Ajebo community ,near Agbowa, Ikosi Ejirin Local Council Development Area in Lagos.
The hoodlums were said to have sacked residents of the community who took to their heels .The attack ,which reportedly started on Monday continued till Tuesday afternoon, before the intervention of the Police Area Command and Agbowa Divisional Police Station .
Scores of residents have abandoned their damaged houses for the fear of being attacked by the armed hoodlums ,who have reportedly taken over Ajebo in large numbers
Baale – elect of the community , Ogunlaru Jamiu ,while speaking on the incident ,described it as the greatest horror that he has ever witnessed in life.
The community head also stated that the hoodlums defied the presence of policemen from Agbowa ,who were mobilized to the area and attempted to attack police operatives on rescue mission .
Giving a graphic account of what transpired , he said,” It all started on Monday .I was at work ,when residents of the community called to inform me that about 200 armed hoodlums had invaded our community.They took over the town and started invading homes,molesting and harassing residents with cutlasses ,axes and guns. .
“My wife called me that they had attacked my house and they looted almost everything in my house . My electronics ,electricals and even building materials that were kept by a woman lawyer ,who is erecting a building near us .
“ My elder brother,Ayodele Momodu ,who was unlucky to have been caught in their midst was seriously injured ,before he was rescued by policemen from Agbowa Divisional Police Station .
“ We were yet to recover from the Monday attack ,when again ,they came on Tuesday .This time ,with more men and arms .They came in multiple commercial motorcycles and vehicles ,brandishing arms and other cudgels and threatening to kill anybody ,who would dare them.
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“ I had to call the police at Agbowa again to urgently rescue my family members and other people from the two .
“When the police got to the town ,the hoodlums prevented them from taking the rescued people to Agbowa .They blocked the road and threatened to attack them.
“ The police had to make a detour and go to Ketu Police Station near Itokin to drop the rescued family members.
“ The hoodlums were reportedly brought by one Alatada ,who had ignored the invitation of the Area Commander in the area for investigation and two others ,including Ganiu Eleda and Azeez Popo.”
A police source at Area N Command ,Ijede, Ikorodu confirmed the attack on the community.
The police source,who pleaded anonymity,said that it was the intervention of the Area Commander that resulted in the safe evacuation of the rescued residents from Ketu to Agbowa .
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO)SP Abimbola Adebisi,said that the police prevented an attack on the community .
She also added that the police had invited the affected parties with a view to finding a lasting solution to the problem .
S P Adebisi stated that Commissioner of Police in the State ,Olohundare Jimoh has already deployed Tactical Teams to ensure peace and orderliness in the town.
