Death of a policeman: no soldier was shot, the police contradict the army
Lagos Police have refuted a claim by the Nigerian military that its officers shot a soldier during a confrontation in the state last Thursday.
Police, in a statement issued Wednesday by their spokesman in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, said soldiers attacked their officers “without provocation” and abducted two of them.
On Tuesday, the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81st Division of the Nigerian Army, Umar Musa, said preliminary investigations revealed that the policeman shot the soldier during the altercation that led to him Hit in the ear but narrowly missed its vital parts.
“The other soldiers reacted to the shot fired by the policeman and this led to them beating the policeman to death,” he said.
Police were attacked by soldiers while controlling traffic in the Ojo area of the Lagos-Badagry highway.
The soldiers were apparently driving in the wrong direction and were stopped by the police.
But they refused and pounced on the policemen, beating them severely, resulting in the death of one policeman.
Police AccountPolice called Mr. Musa's account of the incident "disinformation".
“The fact remains that on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at the trade fair area in Lagos State, about 30 Nigerian army soldiers attacked five police officers for stopping vehicles along their lane to clear the way for a heavy truck joining the highway,” the statement read.
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"After the soldiers brutalized the ASP who was leading the team, pulled out his magazine, and abducted two inspectors with their rifles, the next inspector they tried to attack fired a single shot in the air - an act that made the soldiers back down .
"The single shot was in the air. At no time was anyone hit. The Lagos State Police Command challenges the army authorities to present the soldier who was allegedly shot . »
Police have urged the public to disregard the army general's claims that his officer shot a soldier.
“In the meantime, the Lagos State Police Command is eagerly awaiting the report of the Board of Inquiry set up by the Nigerian Army to investigate the immediate and remote cause of the incident” , he said.
"The Command also looks forward to the search for the soldiers behind the torture and murder of Inspector Monday Orukpe; and the return of two AK47 rifles and three magazines taken by the soldiers, in accordance with the commitment made by Nigerian Army conveyed by Brigadier General KN Nwoko during a condolence visit to Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Ablabi, fdc.”
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Lagos Police have refuted a claim by the Nigerian military that its officers shot a soldier during a confrontation in the state last Thursday.
Police, in a statement issued Wednesday by their spokesman in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, said soldiers attacked their officers “without provocation” and abducted two of them.
On Tuesday, the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81st Division of the Nigerian Army, Umar Musa, said preliminary investigations revealed that the policeman shot the soldier during the altercation that led to him Hit in the ear but narrowly missed its vital parts.
“The other soldiers reacted to the shot fired by the policeman and this led to them beating the policeman to death,” he said.
Police were attacked by soldiers while controlling traffic in the Ojo area of the Lagos-Badagry highway.
The soldiers were apparently driving in the wrong direction and were stopped by the police.
But they refused and pounced on the policemen, beating them severely, resulting in the death of one policeman.
Police AccountPolice called Mr. Musa's account of the incident "disinformation".
“The fact remains that on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at the trade fair area in Lagos State, about 30 Nigerian army soldiers attacked five police officers for stopping vehicles along their lane to clear the way for a heavy truck joining the highway,” the statement read.
READ ALSO: Death of a police officer: outgoing GOC speaks out on army investigations
"After the soldiers brutalized the ASP who was leading the team, pulled out his magazine, and abducted two inspectors with their rifles, the next inspector they tried to attack fired a single shot in the air - an act that made the soldiers back down .
"The single shot was in the air. At no time was anyone hit. The Lagos State Police Command challenges the army authorities to present the soldier who was allegedly shot . »
Police have urged the public to disregard the army general's claims that his officer shot a soldier.
“In the meantime, the Lagos State Police Command is eagerly awaiting the report of the Board of Inquiry set up by the Nigerian Army to investigate the immediate and remote cause of the incident” , he said.
"The Command also looks forward to the search for the soldiers behind the torture and murder of Inspector Monday Orukpe; and the return of two AK47 rifles and three magazines taken by the soldiers, in accordance with the commitment made by Nigerian Army conveyed by Brigadier General KN Nwoko during a condolence visit to Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Ablabi, fdc.”
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