Progressives Congress and those sympathetic to the
Peoples Democratic Party on Monday at the Fadeyi end
of Ikorodu Road, Lagos State, claiming the life of a
lottery agent, Sheriff Alasia in the process.
According to one of the residents in the area, the
deceased, a 30-year-old man was married with a son.
The victim, who was a Premier Lotto agent, was said to
have been caught in a fire exhange between the two
factions on Ikorodu Road, and died on the spot.
According to reports, the Mushin area of Lagos has
become a ground of violent cult clashes between two
groups- Toba gang and Toheeb boys, with the Toba
gang loyal to the APC, while the Toheeb's boys are PDP
supporters.
The two groups have continued to engage themselves in
a battle for supremacy ahead of the 2015 elections.
The latest battle was said to have started on Saturday
afternoon after some hoodlums embarked on a protest
for the release of their leader, Joel Oloruntoba, aka
Toba, who was facing murder charges at a state High
Court.
According to a source, Toba boys went about destroying
all political posters and banners belonging to the APC.
"They went on the rampage tearing the posters because
they believe that Toba is an APC boy and for the past six
months, the party has refused to come to his aid or
assist in his release. They were shouting, 'No Toba, no
APC, no election' They were breaking bottles," said the
soure.
We gathered that at about 9am on Sunday, three
men of the Toheeb's gang who rode on a motorcycle
started a raid on Toba's boys.
"The three men, Aloma, Akeem, aka No case, and
Adeyemi, came with some mobile police officers to
arrest some Toba boys because of the Saturday
disturbance.
"But what surprised everyone was that one of them
grabbed the rifle of one of the officers and started
shooting. This made people angry and they countered
with equal firepower. This disrupted all activities in the
area.
"In fact, church services were brought to abrupt end,
and people sustained gunshot wounds," added another
source.
An elderly resident who preferred to remain
anonymous decried the rate at which violence was
becoming common in the area and asked the
authorities to mediate in the crisis.
"About 16 policemen were here on Saturday evening
when all this started, yet the violence has continued
unabated. It is basically a fight between the APC and the
PDP thugs and these politicians must sit down and iron
out their differences amicably.
"For now, it appears one faction is having the upper
hand because the police have also been compromised
and that is making the other faction angry, I believe you
understand what I mean," he said.
After much ado, the community roads seemed deserted
for a while, with policemen patrolling the Railway Line
and some parts of Ereko Street.
However, around 7pm, We learnt that another
resident, identified only as Tunde, had been beheaded
in a planned retaliation attack.
"They first riddled his body with bullets before
beheading him; they also took his head with them.
What we have left here is his stump," said an
eyewitness.
DSP Kenneth Nwosu, the Police Public Relations Officer,
lamented Alasia's death, saying that the Police tried
their best to stop any death.
"It was a gang fight that resulted in the death of a man
whose identity we have yet to ascertain. The police have
been monitoring the activities in the area for the past
three days, to ensure no life was lost. But
unfortunately, we don't know how those boys still
succeeded in killing that guy. It's quite unfortunate," he
said.
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