In accordance with a written report by Punch, armed robbers numbering about 60 stormed 8 different streets in the Mushin part of Lagos in early hours of Monday morning and operated unchallenged for approximately 7 hours. The armed men robbed, raped some girls and destroyed several cars throughout the operation. Full report below...
The hoodlums, who reportedly belonged to two cult groups – Akala boys and Toheeb’s gang – ravaged New Balogun, Euba, Ayonuga, Tiamiyu, Haruna, Ereko, Oyedele streets and Coker Lane. A mosque on Coker Lane was not spared as the worshippers, who slept in the mosque after a vigil, were robbed by the hoodlums.
One of the people in the mosque told Punch that the robbers fired bullets for over one hour before robbing from house-to-house. Continue...