The Lagos State Police Command has
commenced investigations into the killing of a police corporal, Ado Ayuba, who
was lynched by some hoodlums in Suru Alaba area of the state.
According to the police, the victim
was beaten to death by an irate mob for allegedly killing a trader, Mustapha
Mohammed, on July 30, 2013.
It was learnt that Ayuba and another policeman were deployed to
the scene to chase away traders who had illegally taken over a portion of the
Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
It was learnt that trading activities
by the traders usually caused gridlock in the area. It was also learnt that
some residents and motorists had complained to relevant authorities about the
inconveniences caused by the traders. It was said that a construction company
working on the road had also made appeal to the government to check the
traders.
A senior policeman, who spoke to our
correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said, “Ayuba and the policeman
were posted to the area to chase away traders who had taken over that portion
of the road. The road is under construction by Chinese Construction Engineering
Company and the company had complained that its makeshift construction site was
being hijacked by traders.
“On the day of the incident, Ayuba
and another policeman were dispersing the traders when things went wrong.
“We were told that the traders
overpowered the policemen and in an attempt to protect himself and his
colleague, Ayuba opened fire into the crowd and killed a trader (Mohammed).
“Ayuba’s colleague immediately fled,
leaving him alone with the hoodlums. The hoodlums seized Ayuba’s gun from him,
picked up stones and sticks and beat him up without mercy.
“Some soldiers arrived at the scene
and attempted to rescue the policeman. But the soldiers were greatly
outnumbered by the uncontrollable mob, which overpowered them and chased them
away.”
It was learnt that by the time the police back-up
arrived and managed to disperse the mob, Ayuba was unconscious from the
beatings he had received.
The policemen were said to have
rushed Ayuba and Mohammed to the hospital where they were confirmed dead.
Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, Ngozi Braide, told our correspondent that the matter had been
transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba.
She said, “The matter is under
investigation at the SCID. Investigations will reveal what happened.”
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I blame the diseased . When he noticed that the situation could not Βε̲̣̣̣̥ controlled any longer he would have swallowed the shame and run for his dear life..all the same RIP! Kamzy dillish
ReplyDeleteMr reporter you disgust me by your choice of word.Do you know the meaning hoodlums,first you refered to them as traders now hoodlums.As for the police man I see him like unintelligent trigger happy police man,for crying out loud when he saw that the traders are not ready to bulge the simple intelligent thing to do is to leave the viccinity and call for backup instead of shooting to kill
ReplyDeleteWhen they know that they can not control the traders they could have send for back-up our police need to be train on situation like this.
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