There was confusion on Friday in Lagos as three policemen
were feared killed while attempting to arrest a commercial motorcyclist.
The incident occurred at the Cement
Bus Stop, along the ever-busy Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, and led to heavy
traffic on the road as well some other parts of Agege.
An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity
said the policemen were attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS).
According to the eyewitness, the
commercial motorcyclist was going towards Oshodi, carrying two passengers, when
the policemen sighted him and attempted to arrest him.
“He also knew that they (policemen)
wanted to arrest him and he sped off; but the policemen, who were in a van,
chased him. The police van caught up with him, but he suddenly swerved his bike
and the driver of the van applied the brake.
“The van rammed into a commercial
Volkswagen bus (popularly known as Faragon in Lagos) and the policemen at the
back (of the van) were flung out.” said the eyewitness.
One of the policemen was said to have
hit his forehead against the slab by the bridge, while another landed on his
chest on the road and the third hit his head on the bridge.
The okada rider and his passengers
were also said to have crashed to the ground, but quickly got up and fled in
different directions, abandoning the motorcycle on the road.
Another eyewitness, a trader, who was
heading towards Lagos Island, who identified herself as Glory, said: “I saw two
policemen down. They were dead. There was a third policeman and he was
struggling on the ground.
“There was also another wounded
policeman on the ground, he was crying and shouting at the other policemen who
were in the passenger’s seat of the van to come down and assist them. He was
begging his colleagues to step down and take them to the hospital. Those ones
appeared to be in shock. Their guns were scattered everywhere on the road.”
When contacted, the image maker in
charge of the state police command, Ngozi Braide, said she was not aware of the
incident.
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Dis is sad. Totally uncalled 4. D̶̲̥̅̊ thing is c;a police force has a rude n cruel method of arrest. I jus hope dis will be addressed. May their soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahah, dey neva start, dis is a big lesson to all of dem,next time dey shld pursue anoda bike,hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahah...dat serves dem right, ndi ara
ReplyDeleteIts a pity.... RIP
ReplyDeleteYou are very inhuman,an diot person for laughing @dem, u will die the same way if u don't speak well of dem
ReplyDeleteWould they have gone after robbers with same zeal and force?,I guess not;its a shame not just †ø them but their family"OPRESSORS"
ReplyDeleteDont mind dem,foolish pple.dying lyk fowls every day 4 no jst cause. Being so wicked to innocent civilians.if to say na armed robers dem c, dem for pursue dem?
ReplyDeleteWhy are u insulting him for laughing,are they not thief looking for who to steel from with there uniform,that is just the beginning for them,supposing it was the bike man and passenger it happened to do u think they will feel sorry? That serve them right
ReplyDeleteMay almighty God help us ℓ̊ŋ jesus name{AMEN}.
ReplyDeletePolice people,the same thing happened in Benue when 5 of them lost thier lives cos they were chasing a taxi guy to deal with him and collect money when they gt involved in an accident killing innocent people where as d taxi guy excaped,d problem is they will never learn from incidents they can control,they are all out to make d money even when it means becoming arm robbers to robb and make d money
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