Agege Pulse Magazine
By: Muhammad Mujtaba Zakir
The atrocities being perpetrated by the so called (Awawa) hoodlums bedevilling our once Sacred Agege Community. The popularly known Agege Community which houses a large number of Hausa Residents of Lagos State is gradually loosing its tranquility at the brink of juveniles and drug-junkies that have nicknamed themselves with the nomenclature (Awawa).
The word Awawa is now being considered a common now for a hoodlum in Agege community. Indecent dressing, coupled with bizarre haircuts and sagging of trousers is considered a gesture of unity amidst them. The most bemoaning of all is that the majority of their members constitute youths within the ages of 16 to 24. Youths at their most assertive ages with enough manpower to instill in community development.
This piece is being necessitated by the most recent act of atrocity perpetrated by the so called group of hoodlums in the most popular streets of Agege Community known as Markaz for housing the popular Markaz Institute.
A party which later digressed into chaos left a young boy dead on the street. He was beaten to pulp with all kinds of shady and harmful objects. I am talking about a boy within the ages 15 to 17. I happened to be amidst the abrupt first responders. I became totally astounded as to what I saw. A dead boy lying on the street simply because he chose to become way-ward at such a young age?
We really need the contribution of everyone to understand what led to the orchestration of Awawa. What is their aim? Why are they still roaming on the streets of Agege committing crimes after so many intermittent efforts by the government to mitigate their existence?
Your replies might help in yielding an everlasting solution to this thread of violence in our community.
