VIDEO: Hoodlums invade, loot, burn Lagos council secretariat

VIDEO: Hoodlums invade, loot, set Lagos council secretariat ablaze

Hoodlums have set ablaze Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area Secretariat in Lagos.

The secretariat is located at Baale Street, Ajegunle.

According to reports, some of the guards were injured and have been rushed to the hospital.

More than 20 vehicles owned by staff, who earlier reported for work, were also set ablaze.

Many scampered for safety as the thugs stormed the council secretariat with different weapons.

They looted the Automated Teller Machine (ATM), council Chairman’s office, Council Treasurer’s office among other offices.

A senior official of the council said the hoodlums arrived the council secretariat shortly after razing a police station on Layeni Street.

“They started attacking everybody, injuring the security officials before setting the secretariat ablaze.

” They looted the Chairman’s office, the Treasurer’s office and some offices down stairs. The ATM was not spared,” she said.