Residents of Sogunro community in Lagos State have been thrown into panic following an alleged attack by armed youths from neighbouring Iwaya community, which reportedly left 5 individuals useless and eight others injured.
The Coalition Against Demolition, Forced Eviction, Landgrabbing and Displacement in Lagos State raised the alarm in an announcement on Friday, demanding the fast arrest and prosecution of these behind the killings.
The coalition alleged that the violence occurred round midnight between November 1 and a couple of after some youths from Iwaya invaded Sogunro over residents’ refusal to offer cash for a celebration.
According to the group, the assailants stormed the community with firearms, axes and different harmful weapons, killing at the very least 5 individuals and leaving eight others with accidents that required hospital remedy.
It additional alleged that the attackers used totally different strategies to kill their victims, together with taking pictures and hacking them with axes. One of the victims was reportedly struck on the neck with an axe, whereas at the very least one corpse was allegedly thrown right into a canal.
The coalition additionally accused the attackers of destroying and looting invaluable properties throughout the raid.
Expressing concern over the incident, the group faulted the alleged failure to arrest these accountable, regardless of the reported deaths and the dimensions of destruction.
It mentioned the attack had created concern amongst residents, forcing some individuals dwelling near the boundary between the 2 communities to desert their properties.
According to the coalition, a few of these displaced by the violence have taken refuge in boats and the properties of neighbours alongside the waterfront to keep away from attainable additional assaults.
The group known as on the police to launch a right away investigation, apprehend these concerned and guarantee their prosecution, whereas demanding satisfactory safety to stop one other outbreak of violence.
Efforts to acquire the response of the Lagos State Police Command have been unsuccessful as of the time of submitting this report. The command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, had but to reply to a message despatched to her.
