By Akinwale Kasali
For days, residents of Alakuko, Dalemo and Kola area of Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State have witnessed unrest, as wanton destruction of lives and properties reigned.
Cult members, including the One Million Boys gang that terrorised Lagos and Ogun State during the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown last year, were on rampage, killing, maiming, raping and destroying properties.
Casualties recorded in the area was on the rise as residents scampered for safety, with the Cult groups engaging themselves in a fierce war, shooting sporadically.
Hospitals in the area had different casualties, ranging from matchete cuts and all kinds of injuries.
The crisis forced the Police attached to Kola and Alakuko Police Station to run for safety as the Cultists had a filled day.
It however took the intervention of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who went to the scene of the Crisis with his Men to bring back normalcy to the area.
26 Cult members were arrested, some with gun wounds and matchete cuts, while dead bodies also littered the Street.
The Source gathered that it was reprieval attack that led to the Crisis.
According to a resident who pleaded anonymity, “The whole issue started last Friday when one of the rival cult member had a clash with another, this however escalated leading to the high casualties and destruction”.
Janet Eluame, a resident of Alakuko, who has a shop within the area was counting her losses. She said that her shop was destroyed with the Cultists using that avenue to loot.
Eluame is just one out of many persons who own shops and small businesses in the area, who are lamenting that the Cultists have used the avenue to loot their shops and cart away their wares.
As at today, business is gradually getting back on track, as residents can now move out of their houses and hideout to go about their respective businesses.
