CITIZENS COMPASS— Relative peace yesterday, returned to the Shasha Kingdom in the Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, as some youths in the area reportedly attacked an Air force officer with broken bottles.
The traditional ruler in the area, the Onishasha of Shasha Kingdom, Oba Babatunde Akanbi Ogunronbi, brokered peace after a week of tension in the community.
Citizens Compass gathered that the youths allegedly stabbed the officer with broken bottles during a football session in the Oremeji area.
Fortunately for the officer, he survived the attack but with serious wounds on his head in the evening of Sunday, November 9, 2025.
Spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the incident on Monday noting that no life was lost.
Speaking with Citizens Compass on Monday, a community leader in Shasha, Chief Muyideen Muniru, said the youths tried to prevent the unforeseen but the officer who was on mufti started a showdown with the youths unfortunately he was overpowered.
According to Muniru, “the officer ran into the youths during a football match, the ball mistakenly hit him and seized it.
“The youths suspended further activities to ask the officers for forgiveness but he ignored everyone, deflated the ball and turned it to shreds.
“Still the youths kept pacifying him to tamper justice with mercy but he boasted that he was an Air force officer and would call for enforcement to teach them a lesson.
“This disrupted the existing mood as the youths were agitated and called the officer off. One of them reached for a bottle, broke it and hit the officer on his head.
“Before the officer could call for reinforcement, the situation turned rowdy as some other youths descended on the officer.
“The following day being a Monday, colleagues of the officer stormed the community and raided many houses in retaliation.
“This continued for days thereby causing tension in the Shasha Kingdom until the monarch stepped into the matter and doused the tension.
“As from yesterday, relative peace has returned to the town.” He said.
