The Lagos State Police Command has launched a probe into a violent clash that claimed the lives of no fewer than three persons in Bariga area of the state.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told The Punch that the incident happened around Lady Lak area of Bariga on Wednesday.
He said the hoodlums were cultists and so were outlaws.
“No arrest has been made yet. The law only says cult groups, and that’s all we need to convict them in court. But they are cultists, it is confirmed.”
The hoodlums reportedly created panic as residents and people returning home from work ran helter skelter during the cult clash late Wednesday.
In a video clip shared by a source in the area, our correspondent observed that the corpses of three yet-to-be-identified men were lying in a pool of blood with lacerations on the heads of two of the victims.
In the video clip, people in the area were also seen turning the corpses of the deceased victims to identify the corpses.
“Oh Idris, Serre get up,” the residents said as they were seen shedding tears and lamenting over the development.
A source told the publication that shootings were first heard in the area before the men were seen attacking each other. Apart from the three who died, some other people reportedly got injured.
It is not clear what caused the clash.
A resident identified as James Taiwo, took to Twitter to narrate what he saw, “Yesterday’s clash resulted in the death of three cult members, one is a guy known as Sere, who’s also a Yahoo boy but quite friendly and popular.
“The clash is a continuation of the power tussle which resulted in the death of one member of the Aiye Confraternity when they came to attend a birthday party outside their territory.
“Even though they took a big risk attending the party outside their territory, it wasn’t members of the Eiye who attacked them, but members of their own Aiye cult group, after an argument ensued on leadership matters. The two factions are from the Idi Aba and Ogundola factions.”
Another Twitter user, @ApcPdpN, wrote: “Many lives lost in the ongoing war in Lagos State. This happened over the night in Bariga, another hideout for cultists and criminals. I charge at @jidesanwoolu to beef up the security in Lagos.”
