Teenagers murdered in their sleep

Two factions of thugs, who had been fighting since last week over money given to them by a Fuji musician, continued their fight on Saturday. The thugs killed two teenagers who were sleeping in their rooms at the Ijoria Badia, Apapa- Iganmu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.
The victims, identified as Taye and Wasiu, said to be between 15 and 17 years, were murdered at different locations within the community.

 Three others, Shina Sherif, Rofia Muruf and Mustapha Akanbi, were injured. The residents said the fight between the factions started last weekend, but continued on Saturday, leading to the murder of the teenagers who were sleeping in their homes. In last weekend’s attack, nobody was killed, but many were injured and shops looted. In the latest attack, the rampaging youngsters who unleashed terror on the area, invaded homes and stabbed people at random.
A witness said that the hoodlums attended a stage performance of the Fuji musician, identified as Remi Aluko, at Bobland Hotel, Ijora but soon engaged in a free for all when one faction, after collecting money from the musician, refused to share.
The witness said: “On Saturday, about 2am, I was inside my house when I heard some residents calling for help. When we rushed out, we saw that the two young boys had been stabbed to death inside their houses while they were sleeping. They were stabbed by some of the hoodlums from Obanle and Okorede streets. Since the first incident, we have not had peace in our community. The boys had been fighting almost on a daily basis.
“When we got to the scene of the incident, we rushed those who sustained injuries to a private hospital in the community. The bodies of the victims were taken to a military hospital’s mortuary.”
Akanbi, 17, one of the survivors, who spoke on his hospital bed, said: “My and I friends were inside our room, sleeping when the hoodlums came to attack us. They wounded four of us. “They came straight to our apartment and broke down our door. They started stabbing everybody in the room. I could not escape their assault."