Some yet-to-be-identified soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks on Wednesday stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu to death for accosting them for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State.
According to PUNCH, trouble started when a senior officer, who was in mufti while driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen commercial bus against the traffic, was stopped by policemen on enforcement duty at Volks Bus Stop.
The soldier, who was angered by the action of the policemen, reportedly contacted some of his colleagues, who trooped out of the Ojo Cantonment Barracks and attacked the policemen.
According to a document on the soldiers’ attack on the policemen indicated that the deceased sustained varying degrees of injury during the attack and was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital for urgent treatment.
The document read, “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.”
No report has given the identity of the soldier as the military authority said an investigation by the homicide detectives had been initiated to ensure justice for the policeman.
Benjamin Hundenyin, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, did not respond to calls sent to his mobile phone as of the time of filing this report.
Similarly, the spokesperson for the 81 Division Nigerian Army, Olabisi Ayeni, when contacted for a reaction, said, “Let me do my findings and get back to you.”
