Power-drunk soldiers k!lls cop who stopped his colleague driving against traffic in Lagos
A policeman, Saka Ganiyu, has been st@bbed to death by a power-drunk soldier in Lagos, Nigeria.
It was learnt that some soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks descended on a policeman who prevented their colleague from driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State.
The traffic violator was not in his army uniform at the time of the incident and was said to be driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen commercial bus against the traffic, to avoid hold-up.
He was stopped at Volkswagen Bus Stop by the late policeman.
The unnamed soldier reportedly confronted the cop and a hot argument ensued.
The soldier reportedly contacted some of his colleagues, who allegedly trooped out of the Ojo Cantonment Barracks and attacked the policemen.
A document chronicling the circumstances surrounding the soldiers’ attack on the policemen indicated that 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 (Saka Ganiyu) later died in the hospital while undergoing treatment. The corpse was deposited at the hospital’s morgue for preservation and autopsy.
“Meanwhile, the Commander 9 Brigade, Ikeja Cantonment, has been contacted and the erring soldier was taken into custody at their base,” the document read.
