Although there were different accounts as to
how the six persons whose identities were yet to
be ascertained, yesterday, were killed, reports
have it that the fight broke out, Saturday, on a
football pitch following a lingering supremacy
tussle between Olumegbon and Ajah boys.
Another version of the account had it that some
Olumegbon boys were on their way to a peace-
keeping meeting over the lingering supremacy
battle at the Ajah motor park, only to be
allegedly. ambushed by Ajah boys, who killed
some of them in the process.
Eyewitnesses said Ilaje boys were not in the
picture when trouble broke out but they
reportedly got involved when fleeing Ajah boys
attempted to escape through their terrain. They
(Ilaje boys) reportedly refrained, apparently to
avoid being entangled in the fight. But in the
process, another round of fight reportedly
started, leaving two persons dead.
Two corpses of the Olumegbon boys were
reportedly taken to their traditional head's
palace where the youths mourned the loss, with
each faction spoiling for reprisal attack.
Report said dangerous weapons such as broken
bottles, axes, knives and locally made guns were
used during the fight.
It, however, took the combined efforts of
conventional and Mobile policemen drafted from
the Area J Command, Ajah, to quell the fracas.
As at yesterday, residents of the area were still in
fear of a possible reprisal, but Vanguard
gathered that military personnel and policemen
were keeping surveillance in the area.
Contacted, the Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the
incident, saying some persons had been arrested
in connection with the crisis and that security
had been also beefed up in the area.
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