Witness says that children were almost lynched during yesterday’s clash in Lagos
“They even wanted to burn the school with children inside”
The witness of ethnic clash between Yoruba and Hausa communities of
the Agility area at Mile 12 has narrated what really happened on
Thursday, March 4 in Lagos.
The Cable source said that clashes had been happening in the area
between the motorcycle riders and youths in the area before the latest
incidence.
The witness said: “The trouble started two days ago. It was this
Okada people; they hit one pregnant woman and she fell. Boys told them
not to take one way again, that they were wounding people. The man
brought out a knife and wounded the boy that told them not to take one
way; that was what brought the problem.
“Every day, they fight in the night. Yesterday, they started at
9:30pm and stopped at to 1am. We thought they would start at night again
not knowing that they wanted all the boys to go to work before they
came.
“They even wanted to burn the school with children inside. It was
the owner of the school that was crying that she is not the owner of
the children.
“I called emergency and they said they will come but they didn’t
come on time. The policemen and soldiers came and they started shouting
and pushing all the Yorubas away because they wanted to take all the
vehicles belonging to the Hausas away; that was why they were pushing
the Yorubas away.
“
They were shooting, using teargas. See my house and that house,
those are the only two houses left in this area and it is by the grace
of God.”
At least six people were killed and several cars vandalized on March
in an inter-ethnic clash between Hausa and Yoruba traders at the popular
Mile 2 area of Lagos.
Scores of people received different degrees of wounds.
The clash lasted for hours before soldiers of the Nigerian Army and
police personnel drawn from Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and Area H,
restored peace to the area.
The Governor of Lagos state has directed the temporary closure of the market following the unrest in the area.
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