Some landlords and tenants of Dejuwogbo community, Oke-Ota Ona, Ikorodu, have fled their homes following a threat notice pasted in the neigbourhood by gunmen suspected to be robbers.
Those who have not
temporarily relocated are apprehensive about their safety as they endure
fearful nights.
City Round learnt
that the locals woke up last Saturday to the posters of masked armed men pasted
in strategic points in the community.
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).”
Some of the community
leaders, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Punch correspondent that
residents had become nervous since the notice was pasted.
One of them said the
threat had been reported to the police at the Igbogbo Police Station and they
promised to do something about it.
A
landlord explained that some thugs looted a warehouse belonging to a politician
in the community during the violence that broke out during the I protest,
noting that the robbers might have been emboldened by the act.
A
resident and father of one said the notice had left his family traumatised and
deprived them of pleasurable nights.
The notice is a follow-up to the rampant criminal
activities happening in Ikorodu in recent times.
On Sunday, some gunmen
stormed Igbe-Lara in Ikorodu and killed two businessmen.
A youth leader, Rasheed
Fatuga, said that there have been recurring cases of cult killings and
robberies in the area.
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