Two people have been killed and many others injured as armed men invaded the Ijegun Egba community in the Ori Ade Local Government Area of Lagos State on Monday and Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as 40-year-old sickle cell patient, Gbenga Areagbo, and Oladapo Olukoya, whose body was reportedly taken away to Ibasa through the jetty by the killers.
It was gathered that the problem started last week Thursday, when some suspected armed men from Ibasa on the other side of the river invaded the jetty at Ijegun Egba and started harassing and robbing residents.
An indigene of the town, Kudus Fadiku, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, narrated that “It all started last Thursday when some armed thugs from Ibasa invaded the jetty in Ijegun Egba and began to attack our people.
They identified an indigene of our town, Wasiu Ademola, and they descended on him. He was seriously injured, and they wanted to take him to Ibasa through the river, when he lied to them that he is not from Ijegun Egba and that he is a policeman. That was when they released him.”
Another resident, Kazeem, also said, “We reported the incident to the police at Satellite Town Police Station, but they insisted that our town is peaceful.
The armed men came again on Friday to Zone 2 area of the town and started harassing people. They were trying to identify members of our community. One of them, Sodiq, was the one identifying people for them.
They took that advantage to rob and attack residents and passers-by in the area when they did not see any of their targets.”
The residents also stated that the whole thing took a deadly turn on Monday when the hoodlums, who were reportedly led by Evico, Teslim, Ligali and Jamiu, invaded the jetty area again and shot Oladapo Adekoya to death.
Kazeem said, “They shot him and also used cutlasses and axes on him before taking his corpse to Ibasa through the river.”
One of the leaders of Ijegun Egba, Hon Saeed Ayinde, while speaking on the death of Adeagbo, said, “I had gone to FCID, Alagbon for a matter, when I got the news of his killing.
He was sitting down with one of his friends, Lateef Arowolo, at Ade Oshodi junction in Ijegun Egba, when the hoodlums invaded the area with arms and ammunition.
They came in about three vehicles and motorcycles, brandishing guns and cutlasses.”
Hon Ayinde also continued, “Lateef only narrowly escaped death but they attacked Gbenga, who could not run away when they invaded the area.
They asked if he was Lateef and when he told them that he was not, they shot him at very close range and also used axes to cut him.
We have also reported at the Area E Police Command in FESTAC but till now, nobody has been arrested in connection with the killings and attacks.”
Efforts to get the reaction of the image maker in charge of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, failed as calls to his mobile phone line were not answered.
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