Heavy gunshots continue as residents flee Lagos community
Heavy gunshots continued yesterday between displaced pipeline vandals and some security operatives at the Igando Community.
The
displaced vandals had stormed the Obadore, Ewedogbon, Akesan Fatoki,
and Egan communities of Igando, and left six persons injured.
Although
they were later repelled, the gang had successfully carted away money
and other valuables, and despite the heavy police presence and the
deployment of drones, helicopters and armoured personnel carriers, the
gunmen returned yesterday.
The
gunmen were said to have bided their time until the Commissioner of
Police, Fatai Owoseni and his team who visited the area for an
on-the-spot assessment, had left.
The CP had not gone far when they struck back, so the police immediately deployed their personnel and repelled the gunmen again.
The
community has been deserted by the inhabitants of the area for fear of
being caught in the crossfire between the police and the hoodlums. Few
of the inhabitants still lives in their apartment as they said they have
no place to go to.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, said the police had regained control of the area.
Meanwhile,
the Ibeshe community in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has called on Governor
Akinwunmi Ambode to rescue the community from a man widely known as
Badoo.
The
Chairman, Ibesheland Joint Community Development Association, Pastor
Fred Olanipekun, who yesterday led a protest to the Lagos House, cried
that the community had been bereft of peace for the past two years
because of Badoo’s activities.
Olanipekun
alleged that Badoo had caused extensive havoc in the community
kidnapping, killing and robbing ruthlessly, and raping both young and
old women.
A
leader in the Ibeshe community, Mrs Oluwaseun Osundairo, said panic was
now the word among women. Even many men, she stated, had fled the area.
Allaying the protesters’ fears, Mr Segun Senuoye from the
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