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Friday 31 August 2012

Irate Youth Injures 4 People and Vandalises 28 Cars In Ebute Metta

Some of the vandalised vehicles

No fewer than four persons were injured while 28 vehicles were vandalised on Thursday as rampaging youths wreaked havoc in Ebute Meta area of Lagos State.

It was learnt that the incident was the continuation of a long drawn conflict between two youth groups in the area. A group was said to have attacked the other after a ceasefire since February. The resultant clash spilled to residents of the area.

Eyewitnesses claimed that the rampaging youths, numbering about 40, also robbed residents and vandalised shops in the area.

It was learnt that the violence began around 12am after the football match between Barcelona FC and Real Madrid FC.

An eyewitness, who craved anonymity, said, “Around 12:20am, after the football match, we started hearing gunshots; so many of us ran into into our houses. But I looked through the window of my room. The hoodlums shot one man known as Baba Khadija. They also robbed some recharge card vendors on Apapa Road.

“From Apapa Road, they went to Olokodana and then Brickfield streets where they vandalised all the vehicles parked on the roads. They also ransacked some shops and beat up some residents. Another man, Mr. Nurudeen Ladega, was cut in the arm with a machete.”



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