No fewer than three men have been reported murdered during a masquerade festival that began on Sunday at Lagos Island.
It was gathered that some members of the family involved in the festival, who are also believed to belong to various cult groups in Lagos, hijacked the event and turned it into a supremacy battle.
A resident, who craved anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the incident, said on Wednesday that the situation descended into chaos shortly after the festival ended.
“We had just finished the festival when a fight broke out among some boys suspected to be cultists. And before we knew it, they had started throwing bottles at one another while also wielding some dangerous weapons. Nobody could even wait to calm the situation other than to run for cover,” the resident narrated.
Videos of the violence showed heavy gunfire as suspected cultists chased one another along Lagos Street.
Another resident who identified himself simply as Kazeem said the clash lasted for hours, causing panic among residents.
“The fight started in the evening and continued till midnight. Some of us could not sleep due to the intensity of the violence and loud noise from their voices and the destruction,” he said.
