Five killed, eight injured as armed youths attack Lagos waterfront community

Residents of Sogunro assemblage successful Lagos State person been thrown into panic pursuing an alleged onslaught by equipped youths from neighbouring Iwaya community, which reportedly near 5 radical dormant and 8 others injured.

The Coalition Against Demolition, Forced Eviction, Landgrabbing and Displacement successful Lagos State raised the alarm successful a connection connected Friday, demanding the contiguous apprehension and prosecution of those down the killings.

The conjugation alleged that the unit occurred astir midnight betwixt November 1 and 2 aft immoderate youths from Iwaya invaded Sogunro implicit residents’ refusal to supply wealth for a party.

According to the group, the assailants stormed the assemblage with firearms, axes and different unsafe weapons, sidesplitting astatine slightest 5 radical and leaving 8 others with injuries that required infirmary treatment.

It further alleged that the attackers utilized antithetic methods to termination their victims, including shooting and hacking them with axes. One of the victims was reportedly struck connected the cervix with an axe, portion astatine slightest 1 corpse was allegedly thrown into a canal.

The conjugation besides accused the attackers of destroying and looting invaluable properties during the raid.

Expressing interest implicit the incident, the radical faulted the alleged nonaccomplishment to apprehension those responsible, contempt the reported deaths and th...