Gang Leader Stabbed To Death In Lagos

Hoodlums yesterday killed an 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.