Invasion on riverine community: How my 15-month-old baby was burnt to death — Bereaved mother
*I tried to save him but was attacked with cutlass – Grandfather Mrs. Mariam Israel, mother of the 15-month-old baby, who was burnt to death by hoodlums that invaded Egan Oriomi, a riverine community in Otto Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Ojo, Lagos, on Saturday, yesterday said she was prevented from saving the child. Vanguard gathered that five persons out of the 12 suspects arrested on Monday in connection with the invasion have been released. The weekend’s attack on the community, led to the burning of 15 houses, 10 persons shot and scores of others among who was a nonagenarian, inflicted with deep machete cuts on his body, by hoodlums alleged to have been hired by some politicians over a lingering kingship tussle. The bereaved mother, who is yet to come to terms with the death of her baby, spoke to Vanguard, during a visit to Femi Falana’s law firm in Ikeja, alongside other affected members of the community, how the tragedy occurred. She sa...