Lagos Taskforce Clashes With Hoodlums on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
Commuters were stranded on Wednesday afternoon along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway as commercial bus drivers stopped operations.
It was gathered that some operatives of the Lagos State TaskForce had earlier stormed the Abule-Egba and Ijaiye areas in the Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of the state.
The Taskforce officers were said to have been on enforcement duty when some unknown persons confronted them with dangerous weapons.
It was learnt that the Task force operatives shot at the hoodlums suspected to be transport workers and allegedly gunned down two of the hoodlums.
The ensuing confrontation caused a scare as commuters and traders in the areas scampered for safety.
The Chairman of the Task force, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, confirmed the incident but denied that his men gunned down any of the hoodlums.
He said, “Some hoodlums came in three buses to attack some of our men and we faced them.
“We got the information from the National Union of Road Transport Workers and our men confronted the hoodlums.
“We have also arrested them and they are in our custody.” Egbeyemi added
Source: PUNCH
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