There was pandemonium at the Palm Church/Aroloya
Junction on the Lagos Island, on Wednesday, when some teenagers rioted after a
football match, hacking a boy to death.
The teenagers, who were armed with machetes, were
returning from a football match at the Campos Stadium when a fight broke out
between two factions.
The teenagers were suspected to be cult members.
The football match was played around 1am at the stadium.
It was learnt that the victim, identified only as
Gulf 2, who was a spectator, was killed on Aroloya Street when the
fight started around 2.30am.
It was learnt that the match was part of the
community’s football competition played at the stadium.
The teenagers, after killing Gulf 2,
were said to have engaged in a free-for-all.
Policemen from the Adeniji Adele Police
Division reportedly swooped on the Aroloya area, forcing the rampaging
teenagers to flee.
The corpse of the victim was taken to the morgue
by the police.
It was recorded the fight was over some bottles
of drink which the boys shared after the match.
He said, “There was a competition at the stadium.
The football matches were usually played between 1am and 4am. The stadium was
lighted because of the match. Policemen were usually outside. The fight started
after a match on Wednesday.
“Some teenagers were drinking and the fans of the
other team came to their side and poured their drinks away. I do not know who
won the match. So, the two groups started fighting. Gulf 2 and some
other boys were pursued to Aroloya Street.
“They hurled stones at their victims and
the boy fell. That was how they hacked him to death. We put a distress call to
the Adeniji Adele Divisional Police Officer, who came around with his men, but
the teenagers ran away when they saw police vans.
“The clash engulfed Palm Church, Itafaji and
Aroloya streets. Till now, we cannot identify the boy; we do not know his
address. When they heard the policemen shooting, all of them took to their
heels.”
Another resident, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said street fights among teenagers were becoming rampant in the
Lagos Island area, adding that the police should arrest the hoodlums.
He said, “These boys do not live on our
streets. The oldest among them is around 17 years old.
“They do not rob, but they walk about in the
night, smoking hemp and fighting one another. As adults, we are also afraid of
them. There is always bloodshed anywhere they fight.
“They start coming out by 1am. The
government should raid the Lagos Island and pick all these teenagers. We want
all these boys to be arrested. No responsible teenager walks around in the
night.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the killing, adding that efforts were on
to arrest the hoodlums.
She said, “Information was received that
some miscreants engaged one another in a supremacy fight in the area.
“Police patrol teams went to the area, but the
hoodlums took to their heels. The corpse of one of them was recovered.
“The victim’s name and address are still
unknown. The corpse has been removed and deposited at the Lagos Island General
Hospital’s morgue for an autopsy. Meanwhile, effort is on to arrest the fleeing
hoodlums.”
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