Inspector-General of Police Committee on EndSARS Protest Damage Assessment has said that about 100 AK-47 rifles and 2,600 pieces of ammunition are missing as a result of attacks on police formations in Lagos State by hoodlums who hijacked protests. The committee stated that 37 police formations were attacked during the widespread violence in the state … Read more
The hierarchy of the Nigerian customs service says officers were forced to thwart an attack by suspected hoodlums when their mission became known after a four-hour dialogue. Commandant of Nigeria Customs Training and Doctrine Command, Abuja, Adewale Adeniyi, made this known while taking journalists round the facility on Friday. Adeniyi said the officers did … Read more
Unknown hoodlums have made away with items from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Kubwa, Abuja. The hoodlums were said to have broken into the Orientation Camp on Tuesday morning. The thugs armed with knives and other sharp objects blocked the road and ordered motorists to turn back. Residents in the neighbourhood reportedly … Read more
Hoodlums have reportedly invaded the resident of former speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara in Jos, Plateau state capital. According to a report by The PUNCH, the hoodlums defied the ongoing curfew imposed by the state government to also invade other buildings in search of COVID-19 palliatives. Dogara’s house was attacked about 9 … Read more
The uninformed or stranger might be forgiven for mistaking Lagos for the war torn middle-east country of Yemen at first sight. What started as a peaceful public agitation against police brutality and call for police reform two weeks ago morphed into an orgy of violence after hoodlums, who were suspected to be hired by politicians, … Read more
They said they came to destroy and not to kill. Mark Odigie, an information technologist and husband of Tope, a co-host of TVC’s show ‘Your View’, says arsonists who attacked the media company’s building didn’t cut the identity of a conventional thugs. In a statement, he narrated his encounter with the mob and how he … Read more
By Fredrick Nwabufo There is an agenda to violence — the state’s agenda. The biggest beneficiary of violence in most cases is the government which controls every apparatus of terror. Nothing happens in isolation of executive conspiracy. The infamous connoisseur of terror, Sani Abacha was once quoted as saying: “If insurgency lasts for more than … Read more
Hoodlums, masquerading as EndSARS protesters, attacked the Kwara Command warehouse of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Hoodlums, masquerading as EndSARS protesters, attacked the Kwara Command warehouse of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Ilorin on Saturday with the intention to loot. In a resistance put up by Customs officers on duty, 24 of the motorcycles … Read more
The late Dr. Frederick Fasuhun faction of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) warned hoodlums destroying properties in the South-West to cease forthwith or it will be forced to take action. According to the group, if the violence persisted, it might be forced to roll out its men to guarantee security. In a statement on Friday … Read more
Suspected hoodlums have set ablaze the Ojodu police station in Lagos state. Ekohotblog gathered that the hoodlums overpowered security operatives before razing the police station. At least eight police stations were burnt down across Lagos on Wednesday. More to follow…
Uche Elendu, a popular Nollywood actress and entrepreneur, has cried out in pains after hoodlums looted her shop in Lagos and carted away goods. Elendu took to her social media page to share the sad news. According to the screen diva, “They took all her years of struggle and hard work”. This comes after the … Read more
The Police in Lagos State have counted losses following the riots that happened in the State on Wednesday. The police vowed never to allow hoodlums throw the State into anarchy. This was contained in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, and made available to newsmen in Lagos. “We will … Read more
Hoodlums Burn Police Station In Rivers Ekohotblog, October 21, 2020 Hoodlums have burnt Afam Divisional Police Office in Oyigbo Local Government Area (LGA). The Police Area Command in the council was also reportedly razed by the miscreants. It was learnt the protest caused apprehension among residents in Elelenwo, Oil Mill, Ikoku and Mile One area … Read more
Hoodlums reportedly razed buildings housing three commercial banks Suspected hoodlums reportedly razed buildings housing three commercial banks in the Lekki area of the state on Tuesday evening. The incident occurred a few minutes after soldiers attacked #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate area of the state. Read Also: Is Zamfara Nigeria’s ‘Mackenna’s Gold’? The buildings … Read more
Today’s #EndSARS protest took a different turn as protesters, security operatives and hoodlum clashed in most cities including the FCT. According to a report TheCable, some suspected hoodlums attacked some #EndSARS protesters in Abuja, burning down their cars. We learnt that the incident happened around Kabusa junction in the Apo district area of the nation’s … Read more
Hoodlums on Monday attacked the Oko Medium Security Centre in Edo State and freed the inmates. The surging hoodlums overpowered the five armed guards in the facility and had a free day looting shops along roadsides leading to the prison. They also reportedly carted away valuables from offices of prison officials. This is coming some … Read more
There has been pandemonium in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja today as #ENDSARS protesters, hoodlums and security operatives clashed at several protest points across the city. At the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), several persons were injured and vehicles vandalised as the invasion of the new groups led to a clash in front of … Read more
Hoodlums have set at least three police stations on fire at Upper Sakponba in Benin City, Edo State. The affected stations include Saint Saviour, Ugbekun, and Idogbo police stations. Earlier, some hoodlums had broken into the Nigerian Correctional Facility at Sapele Road in the state capital. They went on to set an unconfirmed numbers of … Read more
October 19, 2020 Suspected hoodlums on Monday broke into the Benin Prison popularly called White House and freed several inmates in one of the cells. The armed squad of prison officials engaged the suspected hoodlums in gun fire which resulted some persons sustaining injuries. Also destroyed was the High Court 4 which is beside the … Read more
Like Abuja, Lagos and Jos, the ongoing protest against police brutality and extrajudicial killings was on Friday disrupted in Edo State as the protesters were attacked by some armed men. After the protesters gathered at the King’s axis of Benin City, the Edo State capital, some armed thugs stormed the protest ground to attack the … Read more