Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Abandoned Apartments In Lagos Taken Over By Aliens
One of the buildings being occupied by the aliens
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, PUNCH
METRO 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.” of the aliens suspected to be illegal, PUNCH
METRO 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.”
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