When miscreants, popularly known as area boys clashed at the Coker area of Orile Iganmu-Lagos, One person was killed and several others injured.
The fight which was a spill-over of the supremacy battle between rival factions started on sunday
Policemen from Orile Division who arrived the scene later made some arrests.
And in the words of the spokesperson for
the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, she said: that five persons had
been arrested in connection with the clash.
“At about 9:45pm, some group of
thugs engaged in a supremacy battle in Coker area of Orile. Policemen rushed to
the scene and on arrival, it was observed that the streets were littered with
pebbles and some vehicles vandalized...On sighting the police, the hoodlums
took to their heels,while the corpse of a man of about 27years, suspected to
have participated in the mayhem was seen lying in a pool of his blood
with severe cuts on him...Five male suspects were arrested
while some cutlasses and a locally made shot gun were recovered. The
injured victims were later referred to the hospital and the corpse
deposited at Yaba GeneralHospital mortuary for autopsy”.
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