News gathered has revealed how a policeman and a school pupil were killed during an attack launched by the hoodlums in Akala and Idi-Oro areas of Mushin, Lagos State.

It was assembled that trouble started when a police team found a store on Elegba Street, where a few hoodlums sold we ed.

A pupil of Amazing Grace, Samuel Okechukwu, who was asthmatic, reportedly died while another student, who was running home from the confusion that followed the shootout, was reportedly hit by a car or truck. His leg has been broken.

“The police had been raiding Akala and Idi-Oro for some weeks now and carrying away bags of hemp. The hoodlums believe that the police resell them. They had been planning to fight back.

According to the witness,“Last night (Monday), a man on Elegba Street took delivery of hemp worth N7m and the police got information about it. Around 11am, the policemen, led by the Area Commander, Area D Mushin, Akinbayo Olusoji, headed for the shop and seized the hemp.

“The residents, who had been enraged by previous raids, mobilised and launched an attack. They threw stones, broken bottles and other items at the policemen.

“The policemen returned with reinforcements. Three people were shot dead. They fired two tear gas canisters into Ansarudeen Comprehensive College on Alhaji Lasisi Street and another one entered into Amazing Grace Secondary School on Elegba Street. Many of the pupils were affected. A boy died in Amazing Grace.”

Another resident recalled how a policeman was killed.

“There are black spots in Idi-Oro where the hoodlums smoke hemp freely. The police collect settlement from them. The police had gone there two weeks ago and got some settlements. They returned today (Tuesday) and the boys resisted and that was how the fight started.

“The hoodlums brought out guns and engaged the police in a shootout. It was like a war. The police had killed two of them before a cop was seized and stabbed to death. They brought out his intestines with bottles,” he said.

State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, confirmed the incident.

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