Scourge of hoodlums in South-West - Punch Newspapers

HOODLUMS are taking over the Southern states, laying waste to lives and property with reckless abandon while security agents sit by lamely. In the form of gang wars, street fights and secret cult attacks, they create tension and terror among people. Exploiting that lacuna, they loot property, vandalise vehicles, collect tributes, and kill with impunity.

Government’s tolerance for crime features highly in the violence as seen in a recent case in Ebute Meta, Lagos, where two rival gangs engaged in a free-for-all that resulted in the death of two persons. The chief security officer of the Lagos Mainland Local Government Area, Ishola Agbodemu, reportedly spoke to the leaders of the groups before the fight and asked them to call off the skirmish. The factional leaders were also invited for a meeting at the Iponri Police Station after the mayhem.

Another part of Lagos that has become a hotbed of frequent clashes between hoodlums and cult groups is Ikorodu. There is hardly any week that passes without a report of a brutal clash resulting in killings by rival cults. In October 2021, the ‘Eiye’ and ‘Aiye’ cultists in Owode and Ibeshe communities, Ikorodu, held residents hostage for one full month. No fewer than three people were killed. Though the police always claim to have made arrests, prosecutions are few.

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