Dispatch rider, one other killed as hoodlums clash in Fadeyi

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Dispatch rider, one other killed as hoodlums clash in Fadeyi

Two persons were confirmed dead on Wednesday when a fight broke out at Fadeyi, Ikorodu road area of Lagos State among hoodlums popularly called ‘area boys’.

The Nation gathered the two persons were a dispatch rider killed by a stray bullet when he rammed into the scene and an unidentified man from the hoodlums.

Police officers, stationed at the area to maintain orderliness, confirmed the killing, adding they have deposited the corpses at the morgue.

Although Fadeyi is noted for incessant cult clashes, residents of the area confirmed the fight was between two factions of “area boys” of two streets in Fadeyi.

The fracas, according to eyewitnesses, broke out around 11am with sporadic shooting that left people scampering for their lives and the federal road closed down for hours.

Residents, who spoke with our correspondent, were not certain of the cause of the clash between the two factions of the hoodlums.



“The crisis is not a small matter. Immediately the shooting started, the police on ground ran away, because those boys were heavily armed.

“They were not carrying pistols. I don’t know how to describe their guns, but the guns they carried surpassed that of the police in terms of the sophistication.

“It was after the whole crisis has simmered that the police and some SARS officials came to the scene,” a resident of the area said.

Our correspondent, who visited the scene, met high presence of patrol vans and armoured personnel carriers of the Lagos State Police Command on the ground.

Remnants of broken bottles, blood spills and sticks littered ground of the street.

Residents, who also sustained various injuries, were also seen receiving treatments on the street.

The residents feared they may be reprisal attacks due to the ‘high profile’ person killed from one of the factions.

A resident, who prefers not to be named, said similar incident occurred sometime last year when the hoodlums stormed the street and carted away items from traders, including six motorcycles from a park.

According to the residents, number of death recorded from fighting in Fadeyi this year alone stands at five.

source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/dispatch-rider-one-other-killed-as.html

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