One person was killed and over 10 people injured at Akinrinlo Street, Shomolu area of Lagos State on Sunday after suspected cult members clashed at a naming ceremony.
Eyewitness account claimed that the fighting between the two rivals, Eiye and Aiye confraternities, started since Friday, spilling into Monday.
Over 20 vehicles were also damaged.
It was gathered that on Sunday, around 4pm, while the naming of the baby was going on, some suspected Aiye cult group stormed the venue and for no reasons, started shooting sporadically, forcing guests to scamper for safety.
The fighting continued on Monday, leading to swelling of the number of those injured.
When our correspondent visited the area, over 20 cars and tricycles parked along the streets were vandalized.
Broken bottles littered the area.
One Wale, alias Osama, a member of Aiye group, was killed in the clash that occurred on Sunday.
A resident, Taju Alabi, said: “Immediately the Aiye group got to the venue of the party, they started shooting into the air to scare people away from the party.
“When the people who came to the party were trying to escape from the scene, many of them sustained various degrees of injuries.”
According to Alabi, before the Aiye group reached the party, they had stopped at Akinrinlo Junction and attacked shop owners.
He said almost all the shops were looted of money and wares.
Eze James, a food stuff seller, said he was also attacked and all the money he made that fateful Sunday, stolen.
James’s words: “I was inside my shop, attending to a friend who came visit me when I suddenly heard gunshots.
“I and my friend managed to leave the shop for safety.
“My friend’s video camera and my N35,000 was stolen from my shop.”
A food vendor, who also identified herself as Mama Tawaka, said she was preparing to go home when the youths struck.
Mama Tawaka said: “Two of the cult members held my granddaughter.
“They said if I did not give them money, they would kill the little girl.
“While the drama was going on, nobody came to my aid.
“The whole street was deserted.
“Everybody was scared of being attacked.
“I was begging them to have mercy on me, that I didn’t have enough money on me.
“One of them threatened to shoot me if I did not cooperate with them.
“I was forced to gather all the money I made for that day and handed it over to them.”
It was also gathered that innocent people who came to Alarape Oyidiran Market in the area were attacked and their money and phones were snatched from them.