Residents of Lagos Community panic as gunmen threaten attack on Christmas Day

 Residents of Lagos Community panic as gunmen threaten attack on Christmas Day

By Modupe Shodeinde

Residents of Dejuwogbo community, Oke-Ota Ona, Ikorodu, have been thrown into panic after gunmen notified the community of pending visit on 23rd, 24th and 25th of December.

Some landlords and tenants have fled the community after a threat notice was pasted in the neigbourhood by gunmen suspected to be robbers.

City Round reports that notice of masked armed men pasted in strategic points in the community were seen by the residents last Saturday.

In the notice, the gunmen threatened to attack the community on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and demanded maximum cooperation.

“Team 13. Dejuwogbo CDA. Expect us 24, 25 & 26 December, 2020. Maximum cooperation or head would roll (sic).”

The Chairman, Community Development Committee, Ikorodu Local Government Area, Alhaji Lukman Sonibare, in an interview with City Round said there has been rampant criminal activities happening in Ikorodu in recent times.

One of the residents interviewed by Punch Newspaper, said the threat had been reported to the police at the Igbogbo Police Station and they promised to do something about it.

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