alleged notorious gang leader,
Segun Ogbere, otherwise known as
Shaggy at Akoka area of Lagos State,
throwing residents of Shomolu,
Bariga and Yaba areas of the state
into fear.
The 36-year-old man who has led
several violent clashes against
Down-Town boys and other restive
groups operating in Shomolu and
Bariga areas was stabbed to death
by four armed men who accosted
him in a vehicle at Adeshina Street,
Akoka.
Shaggy, according to eyewitnesses,
was spotted on the passenger’s
seat of a truck carrying sand to a
building site, when he was accosted
and dragged out of the vehicle by
four men led by one Ibrahim
Balogun aka Small Jaypron, who is
said to be the leader of Down-Town
boys and was recently released
from Ikoyi Prison.
The assailants fled after killing
Shaggy, abandoning the knives used
at the scene. Shaggy and Small
Jaypron were said to have had a
long standing feud over supremacy
in the collection of tolls from
commercial vehicles operating in
the area.
Traders who fear a reprisal attack
might follow locked up their shops
in panic, while residents made
frantic calls to their relatives to stay
away from the area.
Meanwhile, the police said they
have stepped up security in Yaba
and Bariga to forestall a reprisal.
Confirming the attack and police
response, Public Relations Officer,
Ngozi Braide, said the matter was
being investigated at the State
Criminal Investigation Department,
Yaba.
“We have commenced
investigations into the matter.
However, the area is calm,” Braide
said.
