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JUST IN: Chaos In Ketu Lagos As Rival Cult Groups Engage In Brutal Clash,Segalink Reacts
JUST IN: Chaos In Ketu Lagos As Rival Cult Groups Engage In Brutal Clash
There was palpable tension in Ketu area of Lagos yesterday evening as rival cult groups engage in brutal clash.
CityNews Nigeria reports that there was pandemonium in Ketu area of Lagos on Tuesday as rival cult groups were locked in brutal clash, with dangerous weapons freely used.
According to CN sources,traders had to hurriedly close their shops and ran as shootings were heard in the area whislt motorists also abandoned their vehicles and scampered into safety as guns threateningly boomed.
Sources say the whole area was deserted while policemen were drafted.
The crisis between cultists which we gathered got as far as Mile 12 area was said to have begun on Monday night.
One person has reportedly lost his life in the mayhem.
A reprisal attack took place on Tuesday evening, as the hoodlums battled one another.
Concerned residents have been sending Twitter messages to people living around Ketu and Mile 12 areas to stay off as the clash was said to be massive.
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Segun Awosanya, a Nigerian realtor and human rights activist, popularly known as Segalink said on Twitter that “hoodlums are declaring a state within the state in Lagos between Ketu (Tipper Garage) & Owode inward Ikorodu.
“The road construction is causing daily traffic coupled with clashes of cult groups leading to incessant robberies in the morning and evening.”
According to Rotimi O.A, “Dear Mr Governor, you need to beam your search light on this Mile 12, ketu and Environs. A lot of security issues. I witnessed this today. Only God saved one.”
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