There was commotion at Iyana-Iba, Ojo Local Government Area, a suburb of Lagos State yesterday as two rival NURTW popularly called agberos engage in a deadly street fight.
The fight reportedly left at least one person dead.
Videos from the scene show young men wielding stones, cudgels and cutlasses as they approach their rivals.
Stones were hurled from and to different directions, knocking some rival members down as opponents went for the kill with their machetes.
Uniformed policemen at the scene appeared to be outnumbered and overwhelmed and only stood aside watching the brutalities.
It was later claimed that calm has been restored to the area.
However, a resident going home from work said that gunshots were still heard ringing out this evening.
One Twitter user caught up in the chaos wrote: “As dirty as iyana iba market is… I really didn’t mind today, I just wanted to save my dear life, I had to jump down from the bike. Those guys were really prepared.”
The video:
Zed for Zico @CyprianIsaac Tinubu boys at Iyana Iba, Ojo LG Area Lagos State.@PoliceNG see your men there and they turned spectators watching fight. #VoteHimOut“
Alakowe @alakowe_e: “Tinubu Agbado Agbero boys dey fight for Iyana Iba, and police dey look. Like say dem cun observe fight Nawa oh !”
DEMAGOGUE PhD.senior advocat @von_Bismack This is Tinubu’s Lagos where rival gangs and NURTW louts fight In the full glare of the public at Iyana Iba. This is why I’m praying for @GRVlagos to come up with a serious plan to combat this decadence”
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