Soldiers have on Thursday morning reportedly taken over Oshodi area in Lagos state, leaving many residents and motorists stranded.
According to Daily Trust, the military officers stormed the area following the death of an officer of Nigerian Air Force, who was allegedly mobbed to death by hoodlums.
Many vehicles, especially commercial buses have been destroyed, while some persons were allegedly assaulted in the clash between the aggrieved security operatives and hoodlums.
Some residents heading to work were trapped in the ensuing violence while students have returned home.Traders cleaning up their stores on the day of the weekly sanitation also fled just as some transporters abandoned their vehicles.The situation has compounded the traffic challenges in the area as there is currently no movement in and out the part of Oshodi where soldiers are.
