A policeman and two traders were yesterday feared
dead in the crisis that erupted at Okokomaiko and Lagos Island areas of Lagos state, following the
declaration of President Muhammadu
Buhari as
winner of Saturday’s election.
Another policeman, a Sergeant said to have been
attacked by the hoodlums at Alaba Rago, was still undergoing treatment at time
of this report. Several other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in
the ensuing stampede.
Residents of Lugbe and road users along the busy
Airport road, at the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja,
were not spared in the harassment either, as they were thrown into panic, after
supporters of President Muhammadu
Buhari, trooped out in large numbers to block the major high way in
celebration of his victory.
The protesters who were armed with sticks and
other dangerous weapons including brooms, barricaded the entire road, making it
impossible for vehicles to pass through. The protesters who went haywire
forcing drivers and other occupants to say, ‘sai baba’ descended on anyone who
refused to do their bidding.
Investigation revealed that the celebrants who
also brandished a coffin with PDP
inscriptions and colours, were sighted damaging vehicles trapped in the
gridlock caused by the barricade, with policemen stationed at Lugbe and car
wash bus stops looking the other way. Earlier, the protesters had set bonfire
on the road and taunting people perceived to be anti-APC, to say Sai Baba, threatening
to kill them if they refused.
The situation forced some road users to make
u-turn , in a bid to escape their wrath, while some parents were seen rushing
to pick their children from schools
within the area.
The situation was the same at the major city entrance of the FCT, City gate, where another set of
celebrants also mounted road blocks, chanting sai baba at the foot of the Iron
broom erected, by the City
Gate. Also at Area 1, road users were forced to say Sai Baba before they were
allowed to continue their journey.
They equally blocked the link road between Area 2
and Area 10 causing a major gridlock on the road.
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