ROBBERY: AWAWA BOYS STORM AGEGE
A cultist group known as Awawa who have been terrorising residents of Ifako Ijaiye Local Government and Ojokoro Local Council Development Area for over a week, have penetrated into Agege Local Government and Orile Agege LCDA.
Report indicates that, on Sunday, 12th April, the Awawa boys stormed Agege in their numbers. They carried out their operations from Agbotikuyo down to Dopemu.
Report from a resident revealed that the Cultists were fully armed.
"They were wielding dangerous weapons like axe, machete, cutlass and others and robbed people right from Agbktikuyo down to Balogun Ilawe and Bashorun Street down to Baale area in Dopemu"
Many people were injured in the attack, many were robbed of money and other valuables.
In a statement by Rotimi Sulyman, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, to the Agege LG boss, Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi.
Sulyman disclosed that security agents had been informed about the situation and the crises is now under control.
“The Chairman has been inundated with calls on the activities of the cultists and he immediately went into action. He has informed security agents and the police by the time you report this, would have been on the streets parading the areas,”
Sulyman stated that an early emergency security meeting as been called for by the Chairman which holds tomorrow Monday, 13th April.
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