There was mayhem on Wednesday at Oshodi, a bustling suburb
of
Lagos, southwest Nigeria, as hoodlums went on the rampage, setting
vehicles and houses ablaze.
P.M.NEWS gathered at press time that three persons had been killed while scores of people were seen fleeing the area.
The
fighting that started at Olosha area between members of the National
Union of Road Transport Workers and some PDP youths last Thursday spread
to Mushin and Oshodi.
Since the crises started several
lives and properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed. Last
week several commuter buses were also set ablaze at a bus park at
Oshodi.
The crises at Oshodi have disrupted activities in the area and commuter bus operators have avoided plying that area.
When
our reporter attempted to visit the scene of the mayhem on Wednesday,
people were running in various directions to avoid being attacked by the
rampaging thugs.
When contacted, Lagos State Police
Command Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, promised to get back to
our correspondent but failed to do so at the time of going to press.
Meanwhile,
it was gathered that the police have arrested over 20 members of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in connection with last Thursday’s clash
between the National Union of Road Transport Workers and some PDP youths
at Oshodi.
Reacting to the arrest, the campaign team
of the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, accused
the police of arresting PDP members at the behest of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, to frustrate the campaign of Agbaje.
According to a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Remi Adefulu, the
campaign team said the APC’s “tactics would not deter Agbaje’s resolve
to win the coming election in a free and fair contest.”
Adefulu
accused the police at the Mosafejo police station of going from house
to house to effect the illegal arrests of PDP members, an allegation the
state Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, dismissed as
unfounded.
Source:PM News
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