PUNCH Metro learnt that some Hausa teenagers, numbering about 100, stormed Lagos Schools on Omotoye Estate in the Orile Agege area of Lagos with machetes and other weapons.
They were said to have attacked the school’s principal and a teacher, identified as Uncle John, during a free-for-all which lasted for about two hours.
Our correspondent was told that the rampaging youths, aside damaging some property of the school, allegedly made away with N1.5m.
Policemen from the Elere divison, operatives of the Special Anti-robbery Squad and some members of the Oodua People’s Congress, were said to have repelled the attack as residents fled the area.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the attack, adding that seven suspects had been arrested and handed over to the Area G headquarters for further investigation. while others escaped after SARS operatives opened fire on them.
He said, “The issue was about some teenagers who had issues with themselves on where to park their cars. The police that were on duty at the school gate actually mediated. No school property was damaged; nothing happened during our valedictory service.”
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