5 killed as hoodlums clash in Lagos

FIVE people were killed, between Tuesday evening and Wednes-day morning, killed, as factions of social miscreants, known as area boys, renewed their hostilities in the Fadeyi area of Mushin in Lagos State.

Several people were also severely injured and many vehicles badly damaged as the miscreants battled for control of territory around Akorohunfayo, Lawani, Bajulaye and Akoka areas of Somolu.

Residents of the areas, who could not continue to live at the mercy of hoodlums, protested to the Alausa  secretariat of the Lagos State government, carrying with them corpses of three of the victims....Full Story