Policemen accused of shooting at a motorist inside filling station in Ikorodu (Videos)
A group of policemen have been accused of shooting at a motorist inside a filling station at Ikorodu.
The policemen inside a minibus locally called Korope reportedly blocked a man who bought fuel and was about to exit the filling station.
The man, who was driving a corolla salon car reportedly reversed his car and tried to escape when a member of the police squad fired a shot at him.
This attracted other Lagosians in the vicinity who thought the policemen were overdoing things.
The original poster @pidomNigeria, wrote: “POLICE @PoliceNG RASCALITY AGAIN.
@Princemoye1 This happened few minutes ago, at Ijede Road Ikorodu gbaga bus stop, at about 11:10 am.
The young man in the red Corolla just bought fuel from the filling station, and was driving out when this criminal police team tried to double cross him with their unmarked tinted glass korope bus. He tried to reverse back out of fear, the next thing they opened fire on him right inside the filling station.
Even with a petrol tanker inside the station. The people around felt they had killed the driver so they trooped out to confront the police team in anger. The next thing the rogue police team bolted away, when they saw the crowd, and realized they were being recorded.
@BenHundeyin you must unmask these criminals and bring them to book. They wore face mask, caps, eye glasses just to disguise themselves because they knew they were on illegal duty. The young man would just been wasted for nothing, because of their rascality if not for God. They destroyed his car and ran away.
The entire area would have been on flames, if the bullet had penetrated that fuel tanker.”
Lagos Police command’s spokesperson, Ben Hundeyin has responded to the incident.
He wrote: “The five men led by an ASP, all serving at Area N, Ijede, have been identified and summoned to the headquarters for further investigation and necessary actions.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the driver of the red Corolla with registration number JJJ685GD headed out of the petrol station, driving against traffic. The policemen saw him and attempted to stop him. Upon sighting the officers, the Corolla driver drove in reverse back into the petrol station. All the scratches on the car and cracks on the windscreen allegedly emanated from the Corolla hitting the parked trailer while in reverse.
The officers were confronted by an irate crowd as the incident escalated. In their bid to prevent further confrontation with the already-charged crowd, they left the scene.
A detailed investigation is being launched into the incident to ascertain the extent of unprofessionalism of the police officers. The driver of the vehicle and eyewitnesses are encouraged to give useful information, physically or electronically through our various channels.
The public will be kept updated on the progress of the investigation.”
Hundeyin attached a video apparently recorded by one of the policemen to his post.
Watch the clips here.
