Thursday, October 10, 2024 -Some soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks have allegedly stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu, to death after he accosted their colleague for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State.
According to Punch, the
soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, was stopped by policemen on
enforcement duty at Volks Bus Stop while driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen
commercial bus against the traffic.
It was gathered that an altercation
ensued and the soldier contacted some of his colleagues, who reportedly trooped
out of the Ojo Cantonment Barracks and attacked the policemen.
Ganiyu sustained varying degrees of
injury during the attack and was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital for urgent treatment.
However, the injured Inspector was
later died in the hospital while undergoing treatment.
The corpse was deposited at the
hospital’s morgue for preservation and autopsy.
It was also learnt that the Commander
9 Brigade, Ikeja Cantonment, has been contacted and the erring soldier was
taken into custody at their base.
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