A 19-year-old boy, Opeyemo Ayoola, has revealed that most street fights in Lagos were staged by gangsters to rob unsuspecting residents .
Ayoola was arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS Lagos state Command, alongside four other suspected gangsters in connection with some pockets of crisis between gangsters in Ijesha and Itire areas of the state.
The recent fight left several persons wounded , with one of the injured feared dead.
He disclosed during interrogation to being a member of the Star Boys gang, in Ijesha.
According to him: “I am an okada rider. yes, I am a member of Star Boy. Our gang usually fights with Itire Boys. The latest fight was caused by the Itire Boys. They smashed the windscreen of one of our members.”
Most times, the street fight was staged to rob people. Members of both gangs hijack the opportunity to dispossess passers-by of their valuables and loot residents shops. But I have never joined them to loot or attack innocent persons. Rather, I prevented members from attacking those I know. Sometimes, I returned their stolen items
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