Okada riders attack police team, kill officer in Lagos
An irate mob, on Saturday morning, killed a yet-to-be-identified Assistant Superintendent of Police with the Lagos State Police Command in the Agege area of the state.
PUNCH Online gathered that the deceased had led a team of policemen to an accident scene along the WEMCO junction by Mobil road, Agege, before his team came under heavy attack from commercial motorcyclists, also known as Okada riders.
It was learnt that the policemen had gone to evacuate a truck that knocked down an Okada rider but met stiff resistance from the riders, who insisted that they must set the truck on fire.
Confirming the incident in a chat with Daily Trust, the spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the killing of the policeman was needless and uncalled for.
Hundeyin said the police team got a distress call at about 1.40 am on Saturday about an accident that involved an Okada rider and a trailer at WEMCO junction Mobil Road by Pen Cinema Agege.
The police spokesman revealed that a preliminary investigation revealed that an Okada rider ran into the trailer, which led to his death in the process.
Hundeyin stated that five suspects have been arrested in the process.
He said, “On getting to the scene, the team met a large number of motorcycle riders who had gathered around the place. However, the patrol team, in the process of evacuating the truck, came under attack by the riders who insisted on torching the truck, as a result of which one ASP, 46 years old, was injured on the head and died on the spot while the truck driver escaped.
“Five suspects have since been arrested, and manhunt for others is on.”
