Soldiers have on Thursday morning reportedly taken over Oshodi area in Lagos state, leaving many residents and motorists stranded.
According to Daily Trust, the military officers stormed the area following the death of an officer of Nigerian Air Force, who was allegedly mobbed to death by hoodlums.
Many vehicles, especially commercial buses have been destroyed, while some persons were allegedly assaulted in the clash between the aggrieved security operatives and hoodlums.
Some residents heading to work were trapped in the ensuing violence while students have returned home.
Traders cleaning up their stores on the day of the weekly sanitation also fled just as some transporters abandoned their vehicles.
The situation has compounded the traffic challenges in the area as there is currently no movement in and out the part of Oshodi where soldiers are.
As at the time of filing this report, Muyiwa Adejobi, Police Public Relations Officer was yet to make a statement regarding the situation that has caused fear in the minds of Lagosians.
Watch some videos from the scene of the incident below;
VIDEO: Soldiers currently on the streets of Oshodi pic.twitter.com/4S6rTNue6o
— Daily Trust (@daily_trust) May 20, 2021
How person go reach work laidis… Oshodi is hot pic.twitter.com/Qprb1hWi7O
— Adeola of lagos (@_that_blackgirl) May 20, 2021
This is what is happening in Oshodi, where are the defenders of Lagos? @HQNigerianArmy your men are only good to punish law abiding citizens, @followlasg @jidesanwoolu is this what we voted you for? pic.twitter.com/FSgnDsj4S0
— 20/10/20 Lord Mayor Esq🍺🍻 (@Killermayor) May 20, 2021
