A secondary school in Lagos was attacked by about a 100 Hausa teenagers who were armed with matches and other weapons.
Pandemonium broke when they stormed the premises of Lagooz Schools , located on Omotoye Estate in the Orile Agege area of Lagos State, attacked the school principal and a teacher identified as ‘Uncle John’.
According to Punch, the rampaging intruders were also reported to have made away with the sum of N1.5 million naira after beating up the school principal and the said teacher.
The attack which was reported to have lasted for about 2 hours was thereafter repelled and controlled by Policemen from the Elere divison, operatives of the Special Anti-robbery Squad and some members of the Oodua People’s Congress.
A resident who witnessed the scene said: “They were actually relatives of some of the school-leavers. The valedictory service party ended around 5pm, but they refused to leave. A teacher, Uncle John, tried to force them out. One of them abused the teacher and ran away.
“The teacher, who was embarrassed by the abuse, held one of the Hausa teenagers. There was a struggle between them. As the teacher hit the man, he also fought back and held the teacher by the neck, almost strangulating him.
“The principal, who wanted to settle the fight, was held by the tie by one of the intruders and beaten up. The principal’s brother, who wanted to rescue him, was given a fist blow in the eye.”
The source continued that three of the teenagers were apprehended. They however made phone calls to others which led to the a free-for-all fight.
“Those boys had their phones and they started calling their friends, who trooped into the school with cutlasses and weapons.
“Policemen at the school’s gate prevented them from gaining entrance as they shot into the air. The hoodlums, however, grew in number, which overwhelmed the security agents.
“Despite the gunshots, the teenagers refused to go. In fact, while some of them knelt, others prostrated and were begging the police to shoot at them. They were saying, ‘Please shoot us; we want to die'” the source added.