Residents agonise as robbery attacks escalate amid lockdown

and pass you by,” a Lagos resident advised troubled citizens residing in Alimosho area of the state, the epicenter of robbery attacks in the last few days in what has been termed ‘Hungervirus’ on the streets.

Affected areas include Abule-Egba, Baruwa, Egbeda, Dalemo, Akinde, Dopemu, Ogba, Iyana Ipaja, Meiran and Alakuko. Also troubled are some Lagos-Ogun border communities like Akute, Agbado, Alakuko and Ojokoro. Between Sunday night and Monday morning, several videos of Lagosians keeping vigil went viral, wielding dangerous weapons like machetes, axes, clubs for self-defense. In one of the clips, a young man raised a brand of AK-47 assault rifle and fired three bullets in the air to the cheer of those around him.

Residents of Agege have cried to the state government and security agencies to rescue them from hoodlums unleashing mayhem in the area. Tension started in the area at the weekend following attacks by suspected cultists who went from street-to-street robbing and raping innocent residents. Most of the residents who raised alarm on social media said they were under siege both during the day and at night as the hoodlums showed no mercy on their victims. The residents also lamented that police abandoned them to their fate while the robbers wreaked havoc overnight, a development that forced youths and local vigilantes to arm themselves with sticks and cutlasses to fight the hoodlums.

“The Police received several calls and we reached the places to ensure the safety of lives and properties. We have also deployed more tactical units. We appeal to communities that want to support us to do it in our way. We welcome partnerships but people should not take laws into their hands”, the spokesman added.

Do you mean stew and bread Which one is soup and bread..this kind combination eh!

Xxf*

It's high time I travel back to my country IMO STATE BIAFRA NIGERIA is useless jidesanwoolu MBuhari

I just hope and pray that the measures against COVID-19 especially the total lockdown and closure of non-essential businesses without providing reasonable financial pallatives to citizens would not lead to civil unrest. There is limit to human endurance.

We did not sleep in Ayobo/Ipaja yesterday, watch.

Good idea

Hmmm

Una done see am na, we saw this coming oo, yet they say another 2wks

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