Calm returns to Ejigbo after yesterday’s mayhem

*Lastma Ejigbo office this morning 

By Our Reporters

Palpable calm returned to Ejigbo 24 hours after the wanton destruction of public property by hoodlums who were protesting for an end to police brutality tagged endsars.

In a rampaging mob action yesterday, the protesters had torched about 6 vehicles within the LCDA headquarters around NNPC junction before breaking into LASTMA Iyana Ejigbo office were they seemingly had a field day.

The LASTMA compound also housed the Lagos state skill Acquisition center, VIO offices, FRSC, the health supervisors as well as other Lagos state agencies and was looted of everything in sight before being set alight.

Eye witnesses told ECD how the mob was moving the many generators. sewing machines, the ovens and many property of the skill training center and indeed everything in wanton looting spree.

A drive through the LCDA by ECD reporters today showed a community that has become at peace with its self as compared to yesterday when high tension prevailed on the major Egbe road of Ejigbo.

People could be seeing marching the streets going about their businesses.

The LCDA office was under lock with dark signs of heavy bonfire at its entrance.

The carcasses of the six burnt vehicles were still lying charred.

At the LASTMA office at Iyana Ejigbo which seemed to have suffered much more of the losses, a destroyed tricycle was lying at the gate, fire was still smoldering with smoke as some workers filled in to see what remained of their former offices.

There was a yellow cordoning rope to prevent people from entering into the compound but it did not stop stakeholders from entry.

Also some of those whose vehicles were seized and parked by LASTMA officers who heard the news have been trooping into the place to behold but not recognize what used to be their cars.

They were utterly vandalized beyond recognition.

ECD reporters confirm that movement has eased up a bit with a few tricycles and okada running  but no fuel station is open in the community as at the time of filling this report.  

Almost all states in Nigeria have imposed curfew to stop the violence that has enveloped Nigeria since the endsars protests turned violent with wanton destruction of property, murder of police officers and burning of police stations.