They were alleged to have attacked innocent people and inflicted
injuries on others.
The mayhem which started around 6: am witnessed many commercial
buses quickly reversing, while many motorists abandoned their vehicles and
fled.
A frightened lady said: “I was inside a commercial bus, heading to
office when we saw them. Our driver quickly turned back. We all rushed, fearful
for our lives. Many of us trekked to our offices.”
The hoodlums were noticed with various weapons ranging from guns,
axes and machetes.
The hoodlums who were suspected to be supporters of a political
group were first sighted at Charity Bus Stop.
A resident said: “They went on the rampage and started attacking those who
were going to their various work places. There was chaos everywhere as drivers
in the various motor parks quickly discharged their passengers and fled, with
some running into themselves. Shop owners quickly shut down.”
A faction of the Oodua People Congress (OPC) had been alleged by
some traders in the market to be the hounded men, but police did not confirm
this.
A member of the National Union of Road Transports Workers(NURTW),
Alhaji Musiliu Akinsayan, said: “We
woke up to see this desperate hoodlums shooting, looting and vandalising
people's property, led by one Easy oluwo and his boys. I want to state that nobody has monopoly of
violence, but my love for my people and that of Oshodi is uppermost in my mind.
I have instructed my followers and good people of Oshodi to be calm.”
In a swift reaction, the National
Coordinator of OPC, Otunba Gani Adams denied his faction involvement in
the clash.
His words: “They should not link
my OPC led faction to the clash. It came to us as a surprise. We are peace
loving organization. We have good working relationship with the
members of the NURTW.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, confirmed the incident, stressing that policemen
and personnel from the Department of State Security tackled the hoodlums. “Immediately
they sighted our men, they disappeared.”
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