As. An indigene. I agree with ijora as a slum. Am awori my. family. Lives in mushin I was. Bornin mushin. Grew up in agege,went back to. Ojo to. Av my secondary. school ajangbadi,igbede,isasi,etegbin,era,imude,ijanikin,agabra,,egbeda,iyana ipaja. We're I stay presently. All av same bad people,d fact dat my dad works 4union bank for over 30yrs made us 2live in almost every where in lagos

What of Banana Island??.
They gahz bad guys too na..
hehehehehe. Did i just see mushin in number 2!!. Ki lo fe fa were yi gan na??.
Forget oo! No body, i repeat, no body breaks bottle and smokes weed in front of a police station better and more bodly than my Mushin boyz!.

Highly exaggerated

I pass mushin ojuelegba pass 12midnight and I ever never encountered any issue or witnessed any robbery

I ve been to boundary ajegunle very late at night also relatively safe

all you wrote there is the old lagos

Only place that I believe aint safe is mushin and some parts in agege

When a lady in my school told me that she's from Mushin, all I had to do is just to retreat...Mushin ke..E mi o sin mushin ooo #BaddoOmoMushin

Fear dat area die!!!!

WIZGUY69:



Madam! we de quarrel before?

Oya Ma binu.

Op, go to PPL,its a small community @ d bck of lasu. Even d guys @ mushin will tell u dey cnt mess wit d guys dere. Lik sm ppl said,dat place is worse dan mushin and fadeyi combined. Dere is no day dey dnt kill,even yestaday sef. Awon werey

ajebuter:
You forgot to mention Ebute Meta and Otto axis of Lagos, and recently shomolu is becoming something else but I guess Bariga and fadeyi take care of shomolu.

However you forgot Ketu and alapere, I hear some crazy thugs also reside in those hoods

omoe u correct o.
Ebute-Metta bad ooo.
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I've witnessed gunshots, fights, etc.
i've also seen a person being burnt alive and a person whose body was dumped on my street (Olokodano), in a badlly mutilated way.
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That place bad gan. E dey always look innocent @ face-value.

Lekki,ikoyi,banana island nko?

u are rite abt all des places

tosinjay:
Oyingbo is bad, i presently live at oyingbo sha. Yaba-oyingbo things. I don't move with my phones at night. To avoid super stories. Remember times ago, my bro had to be checking on me calling on phone for days when those Apc Apc guys were killing themselves. Imagine oo, Apc to Apc.

u sabi. Na our area be that...
eb, iddo, otto

Billiondoe:

Oya Ma binu.

Mo binu o

olu1759:
Lekki,ikoyi,banana island nko?

Those places worse pass mushin sef

Bekwarra:
5. Ijora/Orile
I grouped these two together due to proximity. Ijora I can say categorically has the highest number of brothels in Lagos state. It is a slum where people live in squalor and poverty. The abode of all sorts of society rejects. Wherever you see brothels, then you know all sort of criminals abound there from armed robbers to fraudsters and drug addicts. A trip to Ijora might save me the stress of trying to describe an area of chaos and sodomy. Not that every other person you see in Ijora is bad, there are good people in some parts but the huge slum on the swamps and the dump sites along Orile are something else. At times you might want to think there's no government presence there. Light robberies, bag-snatching, drug peddling etc are the order of the day. Ijora, Badia, Orile are not for gentlemen.

4. Oshodi
I don't think Oshodi need introduction to any Lagosian. If you don't know Oshodi, then you don't know Lagos. Arguably the busiest bus stop in Lagos with inter state parks scattered everywhere. Oshodi is so notorious and despite Babatunde Fashola's best efforts to sanitize it, it still retains its notoriety. London Boys and Railway Line guys are still holding it by the jugular. The de facto emperor of Oshodi Musiliu Akinsanya AKA MC Oluomo is still holding sway with occasional gun battles for the soul of the NURTW cash cow by the different factions. The Railway Boys and London Boys are perennially at loggerheads. There are scammers, fraudsters, pick pockets and bag snatchers everywhere. When you are in Oshodi, always hold your pockets or bag firmly. Never allow a stranger you don't know hug you or get too close to you. Don't stop to talk to anyone claiming he just returned from Cotonou with good and looking for direction. Enough said for now.

3. Ajegunle
Twale 23million times. Is there anyone in Lagos that has never heard of Ajegunle? Chai! I still have a girl in Boundary sha *licks lips*. I respect Ajegunle a lot when it comes to being notorious. All crimes I mean all crimes you can think of as far as Lagos state is concerned are situated in that slum called Ajegunle. Apart from producing some of the best musicians Nigeria has ever known and some of the craziest lyrics and dance moves, Ajegunle also has many ugly side including but not limited to prostitution, drug-peddling and abuse, fraud, scam, thievery, vandalism, robbery, kidnapping etc. A real definiton of a slum and a ghetto.

2. Mushin
Well, I grew up here and I can rant about Mushin for the whole day. Mushin is notorious to a fault. In fact when you tell anybody that you are from Mushin, their countenance changes immediately. Mushin strikes fear into the heart of many people. Too much of everything chai! In fact some people find it hard to believe their are actually cool peeps in Mushin despite the fact that there are some totally perfect gentlemen. Mushin is so blessed with some rough neighbourhoods that will make even angels shiver with fear. Idi Araba, Morgan, Kekere-owo, Olushoga (OPC), Oloruntosin, Idi Oro, Ojuwoye, Moshalasi, Oju Ina, Wey, Akala, Olateju, Olorunsogo, Ile Epo Isale, Itire, Ladipo, Alasalatu, Alhaji Otta etc. These areas are just too notorious and not for gentlemen. You can't just walk through them anyhow. Robbery, fights, scam, fraud are in abundance. There was a time that hardly will a day go by without you hearing gunshots. If you are a policeman and you are posted to Mushin, go and beg the police service commission. Cultism is a thing of pride and most guys are engaged in it. It is so rampant that it is gradually becoming an identity. There are robbers, scammers, gangsters, fraudsters, kidnappers everywhere. You might not know your neighbour whose room precedes yours is an armed robber. You might not know that guy who plays the keyboard in church is Aiye Number One. Mooshine City is something else. God will one day deliver Mushin from Baba Alado guys, Idi Araba guys, Moshalashi guys and Ojuwoye guys. I miss that place though.

1. Island
Personally I think this is the only place that can trump Mushin in the whole of Lagos state. Lagos Island popularly called Isale Eko has been notorious since the 60s. They have the most vicious gang battles, they engage in fraud, they do forgery (Oluwole things), they are scammers, they "wash" currencies, they rob, they process travelling documents etc. Do you know how much they collect before containers can be offloaded. It's only in Eko that you'll see guys with singlets, dirty jean trousers, WHITE dunlop slippers and a chain worth hundreds of thousands of naira on their necks. SMH! They are the omo onile, they sell lands as if God is their biological father, they disturb developers, they can kill at the slightest provocation and they have real "instruments". English toh bad.

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Mr Man, I would have agreed with your own rating with the exclusion of Ajegunle of today but i think you still have a proper rating. Ajegunle of today is x3 peaceful than other areas you've mentioned. Old Ghetto area of Ajegunle is known for this rating

Such write ups make it seems as if everyone who lives in Lagos is sharp and street wise. But in reality when they travel outside Lagos to a place like Warri/Effurun they feel so uncomfortable, fear and timidity are written all over them.Those bad guys in Mushin,Ajegunle cannot hold ground in Warri,they use them shine.

paulavon:
Such write ups make it seems as if everyone who lives in Lagos is sharp and street wise. But in reality when they travel outside Lagos to a place like Warri/Effurun they feel so uncomfortable, fear and timidity are written all over them.Those bad guys in Mushin,Ajegunle cannot hold ground in Warri,they use them shine.

Bros.... Calm down.... Shey warri boy fit come ajegunle com dey form strong head niii.... Everyone of them is at their best... When they are in there hood and with there homies

paulavon:
Such write ups make it seems as if everyone who lives in Lagos is sharp and street wise. But in reality when they travel outside Lagos to a place like Warri/Effurun they feel so uncomfortable, fear and timidity are written all over them.Those bad guys in Mushin,Ajegunle cannot hold ground in Warri,they use them shine.

Guy lock up,.. effurun/uvwie is as calm as Abuja. Being a PTI graduate, spending almost 6years of my life at various places (Deco road, ovie palace road, dsc, etc) I can say uvwie/warri is relative peaceful except for some street... I walk by 1am in warri...my only fear of course was those crazy police one chance buses..

tobimillar:


Guy lock up,.. effurun/uvwie is as calm as Abuja. Being a PTI graduate, spending almost 6years of my life at various places (Deco road, ovie palace road, dsc, etc) I can say uvwie/warri is relative peaceful except for some street... I walk by 1am in warri...my only fear of course was those crazy police one chance buses..

I am not trying to say there is insecurity in Warri/ Uwvie,for you to live anywhere is all about your mind. A real Warri boy is bold and fearless,he does not need to shout or make noise like those Lagos touts.But he believes you cannot scam or obtain him just like that. I have spent sometime in Lagos and I move about freely without any iota of fear.

paulavon:
Such write ups make it seems as if everyone who lives in Lagos is sharp and street wise. But in reality when they travel outside Lagos to a place like Warri/Effurun they feel so uncomfortable, fear and timidity are written all over them.Those bad guys in Mushin,Ajegunle cannot hold ground in Warri,they use them shine.

wetin dey warri effurrun,,I dey tell you they no bad 4 there. What they r good at is to pick pocket and their men dating everything on skirt

adisa204:
Ikorodu should be number 2 or 3 on that list, why is lasu iyana/iba missing from the list, oshodi is another notorious place even ojodu berger at night is freaking dangerous (don't ask me ojodu berger born and breed) especially under the bridge and on the express.

hmm...dangerous ke!

Come on love Lagos every city has it notorious portrait.

This is every day life in Yenagoa Portharcourt and warri.

johnoris:



Bros.... Calm down.... Shey warri boy fit come ajegunle com dey form strong head niii.... Everyone of them is at their best... When they are in there hood and with there homies

no bi dem warri boys dem make Ajegunle hot. Na dia Nigerdelta peepsdem boku Yakata. Abobi Wida na.

All these you are saying about some areas in Lagos such as mushin ,ajegunle. Lagos island ,mile2 Alaba Suru ,ijora badia ,orile ,fadeyi bariga ,oshodi,agege etc.are all during old days of lagos not this new lagos where they have built offices and big big shops with plenty business men n women occupying them doing business .all those areas now are no more trouble prone areas they have calm and cool now. One can easily walk safely any time.

zhiggy1:
The list is not complete without ijora badia and makoko...

at d bolded

but u don run go u.s nah

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