It was a chaotic day in Lagooz Schools on Omotoye Estate in
the Orile Agege area of Lagos State after some hoodlums invaded the school
premises. It was that some Hausa teenagers, numbering about 100, stormed the
school with machetes and other weapons.
They were said to have attacked the school’s principal and a
teacher, identified as Uncle John, during a free-for-all which lasted for about
two hours. The rampaging youths, aside damaging some property of the school,
allegedly made away with N1.5m.
Policemen from the Elere divison, operatives of the Special
Anti-robbery Squad and some members of the Oodua People’s Congress, were said
to have repelled the attack as residents fled the area.
The teenagers damaged about four dozen of the chairs used
for the party. Three of them were later apprehended by the school. Those
apprehended were reportedly held hostage in a classroom, while the others
wreaked havoc on the school premises.
According to Punch, apprehended teenagers, however,
mobilised more gang members into the community on the telephone.
The source said, “Those boys had their phones and they
started calling their friends, who trooped into the school with cutlasses and
weapons. Policemen at the school’s gate prevented them from gaining entrance as
they shot into the air. The hoodlums, however, grew in number, which
overwhelmed the security agents. Despite the gunshots, the teenagers refused to
go. In fact, while some of them knelt, others prostrated and were begging the
police to shoot at them. They were saying, ‘Please shoot us; we want to die’.”
It was gathered that some OPC members later came out with
weapons and engaged the hoodlums.
The proprietor of the school was reported to have called for
reinforcement from SARS operatives, who stormed the community.
The Proprietor of the school, Chief Yomi Otubela, said it
was only a minor disagreement among pupils of the school.
He said, “The issue was about some teenagers who had issues
with themselves on where to park their cars. The police that were on duty at
the school gate actually mediated. No school property was damaged; nothing
happened during our valedictory service.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,
confirmed the attack, adding that seven suspects had been arrested.
She said, “Some hoodlums entered the school’s premises and
destroyed some property. They allegedly made away with N1.5m. Our operatives
from the Elere divison were contacted and they swiftly moved in and arrested
seven of the suspects. The suspects have been handed over to the Area G
headquarters for further investigation.”
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