Makinde charred, residents panic, fear attacks
By Edith Igbokwe
Concerned residents of Mafoluku, Oshodi have expressed panic over the looming insecurity following the destruction of Makinde Police station by the hoodlums who allegedly hijacked the peaceful EndSARS protest across the state.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Francis Ebhuoma, who was full of pity for the community, said after the burning of the station, the residents might be helpless in terms of security as there would be no police to rescue them when they are attacked.
According to him, the rebuilding of the station may not be as fast as they would have expected due to the high rate of destruction across the state.
He however appealed to the angry youths to be calm, saying the destruction of police stations and killing of police officers would not solve the situation at hand.
The chairman of Agbelekale Olaiya Community Development Association (CDA) Mafoluku, Alhaji Sikiru Adegbemi, also expressed fears over the vandalization, regretting losing the only security outfit in the community to the attack.
However, the youths in Shogunle area made effort to prevent the hoodlums from destroying the Shogunle Police Station and other government properties in their locality.
One of the youths in the area, Oluwatosin Timothy said the youths made frantic efforts to prevent the hoodlums from gaining entrance into the community.
According to him, the hoodlums were not residents of the community saying the majority of them who were armed were not known in the community.
“Immediately we got the information that they were in the Arowojobe area coming for destruction, we closed all the entrance gates into Shogunle and they could not invade the community. We tried as much as we could to prevent them from destroying government’s properties in Shogunle.
“Though we had our own protest in the community, it was a peaceful, controlled protest without violence as we also support the struggle for the rights of the youths. We gathered at Shogunle bus-stop to protest peacefully to make our own voice heard,” he said.
