People living in Shogunro Estate in Ogba, Ikeja area of Lagos have raised the alarm over some aliens who inhabit abandoned blocks of residence in the estate.
Most of the aliens suspected to be illegal, findings revealed, are from Niger Republic, Chad and Mali.
When our correspondent visited the estate said to have been built in the 1970s, it was learnt that blocks 20, 24, 10 and 11, which are deteriorating due to neglect, now serve as homes to the aliens whose number is estimated to be 400.
Some residents said they believed that incessant robberies, Desecrates and harassment, in the area were perpetrated by the aliens.
“We don’t know the kind of jobs they do. They loiter in this area all through the night. We are always on the alert to see if we would catch anyone of them in any criminal act,” one of the residents, Mr. Quadri Idowu, told our correspondent.
It was gathered that the old Ogba Grammar School beside the estate, which has been abandoned since the relocation of the school due to flooding, had also become a home to many of the aliens.
Another resident of Block 8, Mr. Tajudeen Ijaopo, whose mobile phone and laptop were stolen when he was returning from work about 10.30pm in August, said he was convinced that the crime was carried out by some of the aliens.
Ijaopo said, “They spoke a language that sounded like Hausa. The three of them that attacked me were very young but I could tell they would not hesitate to injure me if I did not give them what they wanted.
“After they robbed me, they ran into the bush. When I called neighbours and told them what happened, nobody could go after them because we knew it would be suicidal to go into the abandoned blocks in search of them.”
Source: Punch
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