AJAGUNGBALE AND RESIDENTS
Owing to the tip off from the popular social network,
Facebook, the post flashes the Heading "Blood bath pool in Ajarogun
community" as Nigeria gladiators (area boys) popularly known as
"Ajagun gbale" swings into action in the early hours of the day,
threatened the peace of the community that both Landlords and tenants should
and must vacate Ajarogun and its environs. On Thursday the13th of June, 2013.
As narrated by one of the inhabitants of Ajarogun community, who wish to remain
anonymous, in her state of panic and jittery with sober emotion on her face and
shaky voice, took her time to narrate the ordeal. In the morning,
the area boys (Ajagun gbale) took their heels through the community in groups,
talking on loudest volume of their voice that everybody is advised to vacate
the community before 11am or face the consequences. Most men were already gone
to work leaving the children, nursing mothers and few teenagers behind. The
face of the area boys were not looking pleasant or friendly in anyway was the
very word she used, and cap it all that their eyes were just like pool of
blood, fear grip everybody in the community, this visit with threat cannot be ordinary, we
must inform the Police suggested by a woman. Another woman offered another
suggestion, let us call the head of the landlord committee to delegate men that
own their source of livelihood to go and report the matter in the police
station. They all agreed, all said was done, shortly after police patrol arrived
and comb the area but no one was found, so they left leaving the DPO's mobile
number for contact purpose. Things went back to normal shops selling and people
were going about their usual daily business dealings. Suddenly from nowhere
bottle began to fly in the air, youth, shops and workers were the first target.
The act was nothing else but Human in-human she exclaimed. Men were brutally
battered, marked with deep cut which left them with severe injuries, women too
where not left out of this sorry experience as marks after one or more wipes
from cutlass tattoos their skin. Not less than 35 severely injured and 40
blistered nursing mothers was remanded in the nearby community maternity home.
The ordeal took more than an hour but unfortunate that no one remember to call
the police, for the commotion happened so fast that phone were out of sight.
Without wasting time, the community in multitude took to their heels and fled
for their lifes. The police surface from nowhere but unable to make any arrest.
The team leader in his word expressed his deep sympathy and promises the
community that thorough investigation will be carried out and will surely bring
the culprits to book. What a sad story and experience narrated by one of the
tenants of Ajarogun community. All efforts to speak with the DPO to know the
latest development about the incident was abortive.
