By Esther Onyegbula

LAGOS—Residents of Amukoko area of Abule-kere community, Ajegunle, Lagos, have called on the Lagos State Government and security agencies to intervene in the reign of terror by hoodlums in the area.

According to the  residents, the hoodlums who disguise as members of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURW, are allegedly responsible for the ongoing crisis in the community.

A landlord in th area, Alhaji Babalola Akin, told Vanguard;  ‘’Each junction in the community has a base with a chairman who collects toll. We have Alaba base, Akpasa base, Market base, Iaytuwo base, Mosalashi base, and Campus base. The entire area is under siege by thugs who disguise as members of NURTW to unleash terror in the community. We have been going through pains in the hands of these thugs as they cause trouble in Amukoko and its environs.’’

Another resident, Raseed Lawal, revealed that after the Police arrested one of the kingpins called Tayo a.k.a. Innocenti, the Assitant Tresurer under Alalba base, last month, members of his gang reportedly unleashed mayhem on residents of Amukoko. They engaged in street fights, looting of people’s shops, slaughtering domestic animals and destroying of people’s properties for reasons best known to them.

Condemning the activities of the hoodlums, the out gone, Chairman Ifelodun Amukoko, LCDA, Hon Fatai Ajidagba, said the activities of these hoodlums have caused untold hardship for residents in the area despite numerous attempts to broker peace.

The residents called on the Lagos state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Amode, and the Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni, to come to their rescue.