The rift between two notorious gangsters has made the residents of Obasun link in Aguda, Surulere, Lagos to count their losses.
The community was reportedly attacked at about 2 a.m by a gang simply identified as Star Boys of Ijesha.
It was learnt that scores of individuals were seriously injured and shops looted, while no fewer than 17 vehicles were badly damaged.
Narrating the incident, Mr. Yomi Arogbonlo, the chairman of New Kpako under Coker/Aguda Local Council Development Area, LCDA, alleged that the Star Boys came on a revenge mission.
He recalled that in December 2012, when the Star boys of Ijesha had their carnival, some boys from Obasun attended the party during which a heated argument ensued between them.
Arogbonlo added that the Star boys of Ijesha, after the incident, accused the Obasun boys of intentionally coming to disrupt their carnival and vowed to cut their pound of flesh whenever Obasun boys would host their own carnival.
So as to avoid any reprisal attack, the Obasun boys postponed their carnival from January till February to allow the situation subside.
The chairman revealed that he informed the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, to dispatch his men to provide security during the occasion.
According to him, the carnival ended some minutes before 2 a.m and everybody, including the police left the scene of the carnival.
However, few minutes after 2 a.m that they noticed over 30 youths armed with guns, machetes, among other dangerous weapons going on the rampage, destroying property, breaking and looting some shops.
A resident and shop owner in the area, Mr Ajao Abioye, lamented the loss of most of his valuables including all the shoes he had for sale. Amidst tears, Abioye said that he had lost the means of his livelihood to the crisis.
“I woke up this morning to be informed that there was a serious crisis along Obasun link, I rushed here( referring to the scene of the incident) only to found out that all the items including the shoes of about N200,000 in my shop has been looted. Even all my glass display cases have been destroyed beyond repair.
“Look at my brother’s bus,” he said, “pointing at one of the buses whose screen were totally smashed, “I have lost everything” he narrated.
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