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Not less than five people including a student and a policeman were feared killed in cult-related violence in Mushin area of Lagos on Monday and yesterday.
Two traders were killed inside Ladipo International Market on Monday evening by suspected cultists. A policeman, a hoodlum and a pupil died during a clash at Idi-Oro area in Mushin.
The pandemonium was reportedly occurred after police team raided a shop on Elegba Street, where some hoodlums sold hemp. The hoodlums attacked the policemen with broken bottles and stones in retaliation.
The cops, who retreated, reportedly returned with reinforcements and engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle.
TheNewsGuru.com learnt that the police shot tear gas canisters into Ansar-Ud-Deen Secondary School.
A witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the police shot tear gas canisters into two private secondary schools –Ansarudeen Comprehensive College and Amazing Grace Secondary School – where some pupils were choked.
A pupil of Amazing Grace, Samuel Okechukwu, who was asthmatic, reportedly died.
The source said, “The police had been raiding Akala and Idi-Oro for some weeks now and carrying away bags of hemp. The hoodlums believe that the police resell them. They had been planning to fight back.
“Last night (Monday), a man on Elegba Street took delivery of hemp worth N7m and the police got information about it. Around 11am, the policemen, led by the Area Commander, Area D Mushin, Akinbayo Olusoji, headed for the shop and seized the hemp.
“The residents, who had been enraged by previous raids, mobilised and launched an attack. They threw stones, broken bottles and other items at the policemen.
“The policemen returned with reinforcements. Three people were shot dead. They fired two tear gas canisters into Ansarudeen Comprehensive College on Alhaji Lasisi Street and another one entered into Amazing Grace Secondary School on Elegba Street. Many of the pupils were affected. A boy died in Amazing Grace.”