
Over the past half-decade, gang violence has risen in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and commercial capital.
By SBM Intelligence Over the last half decade, there has been a rise in gang violence in Lagos, Nigeria's economic and commercial capital. From the Somolu/Bariga districts which has been the stronghold of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities, to the Mushin/Fadeyi axis, the Ijora/Badia, and Festac/Amuwo areas, street cults have constituted an increasingly dangerous but seemingly ever present menace to 17 million people who according to the Lagos State Government call Lagos home. In Amuwo Odofin, the gang known as 'One Million' boys became particularly notorious for robbing commuting workers at bus stops in the early mornings back in 2015. However, for a majority of these petty robbery incidents, most of the fatalities attributed to these gangs were from inter-gang wars or wars of supremacy within the gangs. Most of those killed were also gang members.