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Hoodlums set court ablaze in Ebonyi

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Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs have set ablaze a state high court in Owutu-Edda, Afikpo South local government area of Ebonyi.

Oluchi Uduma, the court’s registrar, confirmed the incident to journalists in Owutu-Edda on Tuesday.

She said the hoodlums invaded the court on Tuesday and set the building ablaze.Ms Uduma explained that the court building, documents and other valuables were completely burnt.

The Afikpo South local government’s chairman, Chima Nkama, also confirmed the incident, adding that the matter was reported to the police.

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Hoodlums on the streets of Fadeyi chanting “If you no vote APC no come outside”

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A video of hoodlums warning voters in Fadeyi, Lagos, not to leave their homes if they won’t vote for the ruling APC party in the governorship elections, has been shared online.

In a video, the hoodlums are seen walking together in an otherwise empty street while making their threats.

This is the latest threat to voters coming from thugs supporting APC, after series of attacks on candidates of other parties and a particularly disturbing threat from MC Oluomo who warned Igbos to stay at home if they will not vote for APC.

The Nigerian Police Force Spokesperson, Adejobi Olumuyiwa, later said Oluomo’s threat should be taken as a joke.

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Troops arrest hoodlums who planned to disrupt Independence Day celebrations

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64 suspects have been arrested by Nigerian troops for allegedly planning to disrupt Independence Day celebrations in Abuja.

Defence media operations director, Musa Danmadami said on Thursday October 6, that the suspects were arrested following intelligence gathered by the military.

Nine locally made guns were recovered from the suspects who were dressed in “black attire.”

He said;

“All apprehended criminals were handed over to the Nigeria Police federal capital command for further action.”

Troops also arrested 33 suspected illegal miners at an illegal mining site at Gwagwalada area council of the FCT, and are currently detaining 5 suspected drug dealers who were apprehended at their hideout in Koroduma-Asokoro Guzape.

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Hoodlums attack lawmakers, injure 6, destroy cars in Bauchi

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Hoodlums, on Monday, attacked Bauchi State lawmakers at a guest house, damaging cars and windows during a function in the State.

NAN reports that the House was embroiled in a leadership crisis last Thursday, with 22 members passing a vote of confidence on the Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman, and principal officers of the Assembly.

Babale Abubakar, the Majority Leader of the House, told newsmen in Bauchi on Monday that the latest attack, which happened at about 4pm as the lawmakers were having a meeting, left six of them injured.

Abubakar said, “At least six vehicles were destroyed by the invaders who also smashed window glasses.

“They were over 100 and were carrying guns, sticks and machetes.”

“It was terrifying. Some of us ran towards the exit door and were badly hurt,” he added.

Abubakar disclosed that no sooner than the Special Adviser on State and National Assembly Liaison to the State governor, Sani Mohammed Burra left them, that the hoodlums unleashed their mayhem.

He also said that one of them held him by the neck and asked if he was still a leader in the House.

Abubakar said, “He said they were ready to kill me. Six members were injured in the process. Some were taken to the hospital and l believe they would be fine.

“It was a scary situation. It’s sad.”

Abubakar, however, said the matter had been reported to the Commissioner of Police in the State.

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Hoodlums attack Aregbesola’s campaign office in Osun

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Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs attacked the campaign office of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osogbo, Osun State.

The gunmen stormed the building shortly after a meeting by All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, shot sporadically and forced those at the premises to scamper for safety.

A section of the building was severely damaged during the attack.

The former governor’s campaign office had previously come under attack from criminals in the state.

The building, popularly referred to as Oranmiyan House, was attacked by thugs during a meeting of The Osun Progressives (TOP), a group loyal to Aregbesola in November last year.

The state has witnessed violent clashes between loyalists of Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the minister in recent times.

The spokesperson for the Osun State police command, Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the incident, said police operatives had been deployed to the scene to access the situation.

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Calm returns to Lagos Island after hoodlums clash left two dead, scores injured

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Calm and normalcy has returned to the Idumota area of Lagos Island following a deadly clash between rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) which left two people dead and several others sustaining serious injuries.

The clash which was said to have started on Thursday night and spilled over to Friday, affected the commercial nerve centres of the area like Balogun, Kosoko, Tom Jones, Martins and Oluwole, bringing trading activities to an abrupt end as traders and shop owners hurriedly closed up and fled the areas.

The rival gangs were said to have shot sporadically in different directions as they displayed assorted arms and ammunition including guns, machetes and charms, and in the process, left many injured.

The popular Idumota market was deserted as traders ran for their lives for fear of getting caught up in the fracas as the street urchins tried to show their supremacy.

While reacting to the clash, the Lagos State government had released a statement appealing to the leadership of the NURTW to end their violence and stop the bloody fights.

The appeal which was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Central Business Districts, Gbenga Oyerinde, urged the warring factions to embrace peace.

Oyerinde who attributed the violence to the infiltration of the area by street gangs and hoodlums from other parts of the state under the guise of membership of NURTW, noted that the government was doing everything within its power to restore the peace of the area.

The situation was later brought under control after the Lagos State Police Command drafted a team of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) to the area to restore calm.

A statement posted on the Twitter handle of the RRS on Friday confirmed that peace had returned to the affected areas.

“Idunmota, Tom Jones, Martins, Oluwole and other parts of Lagos Island are calm and peaceful,” the statement reads.

Commuters, traders and transporters are moving on with their normal businesses.

“Policemen from various units and divisions are on ground to prevent breakdown of law and order.”

A Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Gov. Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, also confirmed that calm had returned to the area after the RRS team was deployed to “ensure law and order.”

“SITUATION REPORT for Idumota Lagos Island: The @rrslagos767, @Taskforce112 and Area A Police Command are fully on ground to ensure peace in the area; Idumota, Tom Jones, Martins, Oluwole and others are calm this morning, everyone is going about their lawful duties.

“Not all shops are fully opened but security agencies on ground have assured market men and women to open their shops, they have also mounted specific positions to forestall any form of violence or hoodlums taking advantage of the situation,” Gawat tweeted.

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Hoodlums kidnap catholic cleric in Umuahia

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A catholic priest, Rev Fr Godfrey Mark Chimezie of St Theresa’s Parish, Umuahia, was on Wednesday morning, kidnapped along the Enyiukwu Road, Ohokobe Afaraukwu community, in Ibeku Umuahia North LGA of Abia State.

According to eyewitnesses, the kidnappers intercepted the clergy who had concluded a morning mass at St Gabriel’s Parish at Okpururie Afaraukwu area of the state capital, and forced him out of his Toyota Corolla into their vehicle and sped off.

However, the police were yet to confirm the incident as of the time of filing this report, while the diocese is yet to release an official statement on the matter.

it was gathered that Rev Fr Chimezie hails from Enugu State and was ordained a priest earlier this year.

More details later…

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Police kills four hoodlums in Osun

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Police operatives in Osun State on Wednesday killed four hoodlums at the Ilesha area of the state.

The spokesperson for the state police command, Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the development in a statement in Osogbo on Thursday, said the gunmen ambushed a vehicle conveying murder suspects to a correctional centre in the town.

According to her, the vehicle was attacked after it developed a fault at Osunjela River along the Osogbo-Ilesa Road.

She said auto mechanics were working on the vehicle when the criminals, emerged from bushes on motorcycles, and shot sporadically in a bid to free the suspects.

Opalola said: “In the ensuing gun duel between the gunmen and the police, the hoodlums abandoned their motorcycle and fled into the bush.

Three locally made guns, one pump action gun; two cut-to-size barrel guns with fourteen live cartridges were recovered from the assailants.

“Three out of four of the hoodlums died from gunshot wounds at a hospital in Osogbo while the body of the fourth suspect was recovered from the bush.

“When we combed the bush for possible arrest of the fleeing suspects, the dead body of one of the attackers was recovered with bullets wounds.

“While searching his body, two live cartridges and a piece of paper with an incantation written in the Yoruba language with the names of the perpetrators were found in his pocket.”

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Hoodlums kill three UNIJOS students in Plateau reprisal attack

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Three students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) were killed by hoodlums during a reprisal attack along Bauchi-Ring Road in Jos, Plateau State, on Sunday.

The incident occurred just 24 hours after gunmen killed 22 travellers along Rukuba Road, Jos North local government area of the state.

The President of the Student Union Government (SUG), UNIJOS chapter, Jeremiah Dalong, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Jos on Tuesday, said five other students who sustained injuries during the attack are currently receiving treatment in a hospital in the state capital.

He added that two other students had been declared missing by the university management.

Dalong said: “There was what I will call a reprisal attack by some hoodlums on Sunday, August 14, a day after the attack on Rukuba Road where some people were killed.

The hoodlums attacked people going to church around the Bauchi-Ring Road area. In the attack, three of our students, two females and a male were killed.

We can’t account for two students at the moment while five others are currently receiving treatment in a hospital in Jos.”

The SUG President also expressed disappointment that Governor Simon Lalong did not visit the students in the hospital.

He urged the state, the Federal Government, and the management of the university to urgently send food items, medical aid to stranded students in their hostels.

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Hoodlums set police inspector ablaze in Akwa-Ibom

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A police officer in Akwa Ibom State identified simply as Inspector Aniekan was on Monday set ablaze by hoodlums in his apartment in Ikot Afangha community, Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state.

The hoodlums were said to have traced him to his residence and razed it down around 2:30am while he was fast asleep.

“We woke up to see the charred remains of the inspector buried in the rubble of his house that was completely burnt down by the inferno deliberately set to consume him and his household properties,” a source who preferred anonymity said.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Odiko Macdon, who confirmed the incident, said the Commissioner of Police, Amiengheme Andrew, was saddened by the attacks against police personnel in the state.

He stated, “We are aware of the incident and it is quite unfortunate. We have yet to really establish the remote and immediate causes of the incident and we will be able to establish that when investigations are concluded.

“The Commissioner of Police is deeply saddened and has condoled with the bereaved family and has ordered mass police operations in the area.

“There is an ongoing operation right now in the area and hopefully the culprits will be apprehended and I can assure you that justice will prevail at the end of investigation.

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Five Killed, Houses Burnt As Hoodlums Clash With Amotekun In Ibadan.

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Five Killed, Houses Burnt As Hoodlums Clash With Amotekun In Ibadan.

On Thursday night, over 200 houses were razed while hoodlums killed a young man in the area.

Five youths who were keeping vigil in the Labiran area of Ibadan were shot dead during a clash between the operatives of the Oyo State Security network, codenamed Amotekun, and hoodlums on Friday evening, SaharaReporters has gathered.

Labiran has been troubled by some hoodlums in the last few days, necessitating youths to keep vigil to avert robbery.

On Thursday night, over 200 houses were razed while hoodlums killed a young man in the area.

One of the youths in the area, who simply identified himself as Wale, said following the burning and looting of properties in the area, elders in the community invited youth to stay awake to avert a recurrence.

“It is true; they killed four of our friends. Their families have taken them for burial this morning. Our fathers invited us to keep vigil. When we heard that those miscreants were coming, one of our brothers invited the operatives of Amotekun to help us.

“On arrival, they started shooting sporadically while hoodlums were also shooting. As a result, Monsuru, Ridwan and two other people were killed.

“They have taken their corpses for burial. Those hoodlums later came back to our area around 5 am. As we speak, they are burning houses again. Smoke is everywhere. Many have fled our area now. We need help,” he said.

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Hoodlums Attack Woman While Jogging On Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge

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The attack was said to have happened on Monday morning.
Suspected hoodlums have attacked a young lady identified as Sike while jogging on the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge in Lagos.

The attack was said to have happened on Monday morning.

A Twitter user named Lisa Folawiyo, @lisafolawiyo, who identified herself as Sike’s sister, said she was mugged and manhandled.

Lisa said as the attack was taking place, people passed by and no one intervened.

“It was my sister screaming! She was mugged and really roughed up. Traumatic. She screamed but no one helped. Everyone walked by like nothing was happening. I love humans,” she said. 

It was my sister screaming! She was mugged and really roughed up. Traumatic. She screamed but no one helped. Everyone walked by like nothing was happening. I love humans.

— Lisa Folawiyo (@lisafolawiyo) January 19, 2021

Meanwhile, joggers have been advised to wait till the day is bright before they jog around the area.

“Please, if you know anyone living in LekkiPhase1/Ikoyi and they love running/walking on the Lekki Ikoyi Link Bridge (lately the streets lights are off)… Tell them to do there cardio when the day is bright… Today by 5.40am.. we overhead a lady screaming for help on the bridge,” a Twitter user, @fit_iam posted.


 

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Hoodlums loot COVID-19 palliatives in Cross River

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Hoodlums on Friday evening stormed an uncompleted building owned by the Cross River State government and looted some food items believed to be part of the COVID-19 palliatives stored there.

The building, housing the proposed West African Fabrication Academy, was where Governor Ben Ayade last April held a symbolic flag-off exercise for distribution of COVID-19 palliatives.

It was a free- for- all exercise as the hoodlums carted away bags of rice, beans, cartons of noodles and other food items believed to be transferred from the warehouse to the uncompleted building.

Video of the looting on social media showed some of youths shouting: “This is wickedness. This is what they were supposed to give us, they did not. Somebody when and kept it in uncompleted building. Let security come, we don’t care.”

Earlier on Friday, hoodlums had also stormed Calabar South Local Government Secretariat where office of the local government chairman was vandalised.

Confirming the incident, the Chairman, Hon Esther Bassey, said: “Hoodlums attacked the political block in the secretariat premises looting items and destroying structures.

“They started burning tyres in the premises, destroying windows and other property. Staff and limited security that were in the secretariat had to leave for safety before calling for re-enforcement.

“It was when re-enforcement of security arrived and they started hearing the siren sound, then they escaped through the nearby creeks.

“What we are telling our people is that there is no sense in destruction of public properties. People should go stay at home and parents should advice their wards to maintain peace in the community.”

As at the time of this report, youths were reportedly heading to the SEMA warehouse.

In a swift response, Ayade announced a 24-hour curfew from 6pm.

A statement Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor Christian Ita, said: “Following the hijacking of the peaceful protest against police brutality in the state by hoodlums, the state governor, Sir Ben Ayade has imposed a 24hr curfew in the state starting from 6pm on Friday, October 23, 2020.”

“Residents of the state are advised to observe the curfew as security agents have been mandated to arrest anybody who flouts it.”

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How hoodlums carted away police arms, ammunition in Oyo – Police

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The Oyo State Police Command on Friday said that some hoodlums have carted away some police arms and ammunitions.

DAILY POST gathered that there was a confrontation between some policemen and some angry Nigerians who were protesting against police brutality on Tuesday in Ibadan.

Also on Thursday, there was a confrontation between some policemen and some angry youths.

The state police command has, however, revealed that some arms and ammunitions belonging to the state police command have been taken away by some hardened criminals.

Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joe Enwonwu in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Friday, described the act as dangerous and inimical to the general safety of residents in the state.

Enwonwu in the statement signed by Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi advised parents/guardians and all stakeholders to warn their children/wards to desist from acts that can lead to breakdown of law and order in the state.

He assured the people of the state to go about their lawful businesses without any fear of threats or molestation from any quarters.

He maintained that military and other sisters security agencies are complementing the efforts of the Police.

He said, “The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, has been moved with deep concerns that despite repeated pleas and advice to the End SARS protesters, traditional rulers, religious leaders, leaders of thought that miscreants/disgruntled elements would hijack the protests and capitalize on the situation to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens. It was clear that, all that were envisaged had actually come to pass. He stated further that, undue hardships, needless deaths were meted out to some Police officers/innocent citizens in Oyo State.

“Consequent upon this, the CP wishes to further implore genuine protesters to yield to the plea of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhamadu Buhari, GCFR and the Oyo State Governor Engr. Seyi Makinde to stop the protests forthwith to prevent needless deaths occasioned by the activities of miscreants who are using it as an opportunity to carry out coordinated attacks to loot people’ properties, but allow for a while for government attention to all their demands.

“The CP wishes to inform the general public that, due to the incessant attacks on the Police Stations and Police personnel, some Police arms and ammunitions have been carted away by hardened criminals. This act is extremely dangerous and can be inimical to our general safety and co-operate existence, and in lieu of this, he wishes to plead with all and sundry within and outside Ibadan metropolis to be on the lookout for those enemy of progress to promptly report any group/individual who are not Police/military/other security agencies personnel in possession of such arms and ammunition and report to the nearest Police station or other sister security agencies immediately for recovery and necessary action.

“In conclusion, the CP wishes to continue to advise parents/guardians and all stakeholders to warn their children/wards to desist from acts that can lead to breakdown of law and order and wanton destruction to lives and property. He equally assures the good people of Oyo State to go about their lawful businesses without any fear of threats or molestation from any quarters as the military and other sisters security agencies are complementing the efforts of the Police, while he strictly warns those criminal elements that hijacked Police arms during the protests to have a rethink and quietly return the prohibited firearms immediately before the full weight of the law catches up with them.”

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BREAKING: Hoodlums burst into private warehouse, loot electronics, valuable goods

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There is an ongoing looting at a warehouse at MDS, Old garage, Osogbo by hoodlums on Friday.

DAILY POST gathered that some individuals identified the MDS warehouse as some of the places where COVID-19 palliative was being stored in the state capital.

But military personnel had taken over the facility since around 2:30 pm.

Hundreds of residents gathered at the Old Garage waiting to loot the store.

Consequently, some hoodlums quickly identified another store and carted away some electronics, such as television, radio and oil.

Earlier on Friday, DAILY POST reported that rampaging youths discovered a warehouse where COVID-19 palliatives were hidden in Ede.

Some military personnel later stopped the hoodlums and recovered some goods.

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Hoodlums burgle Nollywood star’s shop, cart away goods worth N100m

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Nollywood actress, Uche Elendu, claimed on Wednesday evening that suspected hoodlums broke into her shop in the Lekki area of Lagos and carted away goods worth N100million.

She told journalists the hoodlums attacked the security guard at the shop and broke his head.

The incident, according to her, happened on Wednesday.

Elendu said: “You can see the pictures on my Instagram account. The incident happened today. Only the security man was at the premises and he is currently at the hospital because they broke his head. My shop is in Lagos at the Marwa bus stop.

“I do not know the time it happened because I was not there, I just got the information this evening. What I have there is worth over a N100million, they even took away my generator. They took away everything, all the electronics, the shoes, bags, hair, everything including the furniture. I do not know how they did it.”

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Breaking: Hoodlums Attack TVC

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In what looks like a reprisal, hoodlums have attacked TV Continental (TVC), believed to be owned by the national leader of the All Progress Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The attack on the TV station in Lagos may not be unconnected with the killing of peaceful young protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos by soldiers Tuesday night.

A staff of the organisation who pleaded anonimity said, “TVC has been disconnected on DSTV for a while now. Our reporters are trapped. They said Tinubu (allegedly) ordered the soldiers to kill.

“The newsroom is on fire. And we still have people inside trapped. They were updating us 2 minutes ago. Morayo Afolabi Brown has just been attacked. Our colleagues are sniffing smoke already where they are hiding.”

Details later…

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Hoodlums Set Lagoon Hospital in Lagos on Fire for Allegedly Rejecting Gunshot Victim

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Some yet-to-be identified hoodlums tagged protesters have set Lagoon Hospital at Liverpool Apapa in Lagos on fire after the hospital allegedly rejected a gunshot victim on Tuesday.

Following violent attacks across Lagos State, the police were said to have been deployed in Tin-Can area in an attempt to quell possible outbreak of violence.

According to reports, the armed policemen shot at the irate crowd, which unfortunately hit the victim.

The victim was, however, rushed to Lagoon Hospital where he was allagedly refused entry at the gate. And in a fit of rage, the thugs attacked the hospital and set it ablaze.

At the time of filing this report, the extent of damage could not be confirmed. A video showed a bonfire in front of the hospital and thick smoke coming from the hospital premises.

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Hoodlums set Orile police station ablaze, kill policeman

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Hoodlums who infilterated #EndSARS protesters threw caution to the winds in Lagos Tuesday, setting ablaze the building of Orile Police Station.

A policeman, who also jumped the fence in order to escape being caught in the inferno, was reported to have landed in the hands of the hoodlums who stabbed him to death.

The modern police station, constructed to the UN model, was built by the Babatunde Raji Fashola’s administration in 2012.

It was gathered that the station was set ablaze by a gang, in protest of alleged high handedness by the Divisional Police Officer.

The hoodlums were said to have invaded the station in their large numbers but were repelled by the few officers that were on duty and locked the gate.

As the protesters retreated, the DPO was said to have hurriedly left the station, abandoning her subordinates to their fate.

According to an eyewitness, the gang immediately regrouped and started hauling the policemen with stones and broken bottles.

The hoodlums reportedly procured fuel, sprinkled it at the backyard of the building and lit it with fire.

As the fire raged, the suspected hoodlums were said to have gathered some empty bottles, filled them with the petroleum products and threw into the inferno to escalate it.

Our correspondent gathered that the policemen trapped in the building shot severally from inside the building to disperse the protesters in order to escape but to no avail.

According to the witness, the arsonists had a field day, as they operated unchallenged by security operatives.

The fire outbreak, which begun around 9.30 am is still raging as at the time of filing the report.

Efforts to get the reaction of the Commissioner of Police Lagos Command Hakeem Odumosu and the police public relations officer SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi proved abortive, as they declined calls put across to them.

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