Property worth millions of naira were reportedly destroyed, Monday, in Ebute-Meta, Lagos, during a clash among some hoodlums identified as the Ogolo and Oko-Oba Boys, around the Oko Oba area.
Details of what led to the fight could not be ascertained, eyewitnesses had it that the hoodlums, whose ages were between 17 and 20 years, began the fracas at about 6:00 a.m looting shops and carting away some property.
An eyewitness, Musibau Alani, said, “Oko-Oba Boys usually cross the bridge to challenge Ogolo Boys but today (Monday), it was like Ogolo Boys were waiting for them and it was fire for fire.
“They broke into some shops and vandalised two deep freezers, dairy products and other items in the name of violence”.
However, as at the time of this report, there was no official figure of the casualties as the spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, could not be reached.
