Hoodlums Attack Amuwo Odofin Local Council Secreteriat (See Photos)

                 Several officials of the Amuwo Odofin local council secreteriat were seriously injured in a brutal attack spearheaded by a gang called "Community policing youth vanguard" in Festac area of Lagos state.
               The group which is allegedly owned and used by the Area Commander in the Festac area, ACP Dan Okoro, is said to be unleashing haphazard mayhem in the area.According to officials of the council, activities reported of the gang in the past had included robbery, rape and physical molestation of residents. More below...

The council Chairman, Mr. Ayo Adewale, said he had severally reported activities of the group to police authority, but that nothing had been done to curb them.He revealed that Mr. Dan Okoro had threatened to continue using the group against the Local Council.The hoodlums reportedly invaded the Local Council office, wielding bottles, machetes and other dangerous weapons and attacking employees of the Council Secretariat.

The Local Council Chairman, Mr. Ayo Adewale said he was their target, but had been rescued by men of the NSCDC and the Rapid Response Squad, after police details attached to his office watched the hoodlums without stopping them. He said the hoodlums numbered about a hundred when they swooped on the secretariat and overpowered the security around the council office. He narrated stated that the group had unleashed a major mayhem earlier in the day and one of their leaders had been arrested and handed over to the police. The arrested gang member however, was released upon intervention by ACP Dan Okoro, following which they struck at the Council Secretariat later around 5.30pm on the day.

Adewale has also warned that his life was under serious threats by the hoodlums.