There was a reign of terror at Boundary, Ajegunle in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State yesterday as thugs launched a vicious attack on a tricycle park. The aim of the thugs, identified as ‘One Million Boys,’ was to supplant the chairman of the park. During the attack, the thugs stabbed a 28-year-old father of three, identified as Yusuf Ademola, to death.
The incident happened in broad daylight when the thugs numbering about 20 walked into Nosamu Street Keke NAPEP Park to forcefully remove the chairman. The thugs shot indiscriminately which forced the residents and passers- by to scamper to safety.
The ‘boys’ vandalised about 10 cars and destroyed properties worth millions of naira at the street. The leaders of the thugs were identified as Kamoli alias Escort, Alfa Shuab aka the Godfather, Alala Semiu, Seun alias Omo Buba, Abeeb alias Abere, Sule alias Omojo Ibo, Fatai Ewe, Gafar Ewe and Kola alias Shoe. The unit Chairman of Nosamu Park, Ashamu Fagbenro, told our correspondent that he and some of his members were at the park, picking passengers when they saw people started running suddenly.
He said: “I mobilised other men at the street to check what the problem was. To our surprise, we saw the ‘One Million Boys,’ wielding dangerous weapons like cutlasses, axes and guns. “With that, we all ran out of the street and left our tricycles to take cover.
When we returned, we discovered that Yusuf Ademola had been stabbed to death by the boys.” Fagbenro added that it was not the first time the ‘One Million Boys’ had been terrorising the park.
He said: “The boys come from Alayabiagba, a community at Boundary, claiming that they want to control my unit at all costs. “In as much as those boys still live in Ajegunle, we and our families are not safe.
Whenever they are arrested, somebody would go and bail them out.” Sakiru Ademola, the victim’s elder brother, also told our correspondent that he believed they targeted his brother. He said: “Yusuf was a security guard at Boundary market and he knew them. They eliminated him to have access to the market and the community as a whole.
“I urged the Lagos State Government to provide us adequate security in Ajegunle because the ‘One Millions Boys’ were arrested and paraded by the Lagos State Police Command, yet we don’t know how they got back to the streets. Life does not worth anything in the hands of these boys.”
The widow, Mrs Kemi Ademola, said she was with her husband in their one room apartment, when he said he was going out to check what was happening. She said: “I tried to stop him but he refused and went. Within two minutes, I saw my husband coming back, I rushed to meet him. To my surprise, blood was gushing out of his chest. I asked him what the matter was, but he collapsed on his elder brother’s wife who was with us.
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The incident happened in broad daylight when the thugs numbering about 20 walked into Nosamu Street Keke NAPEP Park to forcefully remove the chairman. The thugs shot indiscriminately which forced the residents and passers- by to scamper to safety.
The ‘boys’ vandalised about 10 cars and destroyed properties worth millions of naira at the street. The leaders of the thugs were identified as Kamoli alias Escort, Alfa Shuab aka the Godfather, Alala Semiu, Seun alias Omo Buba, Abeeb alias Abere, Sule alias Omojo Ibo, Fatai Ewe, Gafar Ewe and Kola alias Shoe. The unit Chairman of Nosamu Park, Ashamu Fagbenro, told our correspondent that he and some of his members were at the park, picking passengers when they saw people started running suddenly.
He said: “I mobilised other men at the street to check what the problem was. To our surprise, we saw the ‘One Million Boys,’ wielding dangerous weapons like cutlasses, axes and guns. “With that, we all ran out of the street and left our tricycles to take cover.
When we returned, we discovered that Yusuf Ademola had been stabbed to death by the boys.” Fagbenro added that it was not the first time the ‘One Million Boys’ had been terrorising the park.
He said: “The boys come from Alayabiagba, a community at Boundary, claiming that they want to control my unit at all costs. “In as much as those boys still live in Ajegunle, we and our families are not safe.
Whenever they are arrested, somebody would go and bail them out.” Sakiru Ademola, the victim’s elder brother, also told our correspondent that he believed they targeted his brother. He said: “Yusuf was a security guard at Boundary market and he knew them. They eliminated him to have access to the market and the community as a whole.
“I urged the Lagos State Government to provide us adequate security in Ajegunle because the ‘One Millions Boys’ were arrested and paraded by the Lagos State Police Command, yet we don’t know how they got back to the streets. Life does not worth anything in the hands of these boys.”
The widow, Mrs Kemi Ademola, said she was with her husband in their one room apartment, when he said he was going out to check what was happening. She said: “I tried to stop him but he refused and went. Within two minutes, I saw my husband coming back, I rushed to meet him. To my surprise, blood was gushing out of his chest. I asked him what the matter was, but he collapsed on his elder brother’s wife who was with us.
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