The witness said: “On Saturday, about 2am, I was inside my house when I heard some residents calling for help. When we rushed out, we saw that the two young boys had been stabbed to death inside their houses while they were sleeping. They were stabbed by some of the hoodlums from Obanle and Okorede streets. Since the first incident, we have not had peace in our community. The boys had been fighting almost on a daily basis. “When we got to the scene of the incident, we rushed those who sustained injuries to a private hospital in the community. The bodies of the victims were taken to a military hospital’s mortuary.” Akanbi, 17, one of the survivors, who spoke on his hospital bed, said: “My and I friends were inside our room, sleeping when the hoodlums came to attack us. They wounded four of us. “They came straight to our apartment and broke down our door. They started stabbing everybody in the room. I could not escape their assault. “I was given cuts on my head and arm. I did not know when I was rushed to the hospital. We are tired of this madness and the senseless killings by these men. We urge the Lagos State Government and the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, to intervene in these clashes.” Also speaking was another anonymous resident who said, “This is festive period. We did not celebrate the Christmas in peace as everyone was gripped by fear, thinking that the youngsters may come to attack us at night.” - See more at:
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