BREAKING: Hoodlums take over Mile 12 and shoot at passersby (videos).

The people around the Mile 12 area of Lagos State woke up on Friday, February 12, to gunshots as hoodlums took over the street and shot at passersby.

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The incident is happening less than 10 days before the general election in the state, and people in the area are already in panic.

Many eyewitnesses have taken to their social media pages to share videos of the pandemonium in the Lagos area with different captions.

He said:
“Free movement of vehicles and people fully restored. Our officers and men are still on ground to prevent any breakdown of law and order.

“If you see something, say something.”

A Twitter page with the handle

“Inside Lagos”,
urged road users to take alternative routes to the scene of the unrest till normalcy is restored while tagging the Lagos state police command and the spokesperson of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin.

The page said:

Attention! There’s an ongoing clash at Mile 12 as suspected hoodlums shoot sporadically at residents.

Kindly reroute your movement and avoid the axis till normalcy is restored.

See the video below:

Attention!

There's an ongoing clash at Mile 12 as suspected hoodlums shoot sporadically at residents.

Kindly reroute your movement and avoid the axis till normalcy is restored. @BenHundeyin @LagosPoliceNGpic.twitter.com/d9mKUIol1s

— Inside Mainland (@InsideMainland) February 17, 2023

A twitter user who shared a video of his experience said he was coming from Ikorodu but had to turn back to return to Ikorodu because of the gunshot. He added that everybody from Ikorodo is returning because Mile 12 is not passable for road users.

See the video below:

Serious unrest in mile 12 to ojota

Supreme court obasanjo state of emergency pic.twitter.com/h2vzTEX27V

— Heassler Onus (@HeasslerO) February 17, 2023