BREAKING: Policeman kills Soldier during fight, colleagues set station on fire
Men of the Nigerian Army have attacked Ogijo Police Station in Ogun State, setting it on fire, said a police source.
According to the source, the soldiers, from 174 Battalion Odugunyan in Ikorodu, Lagos State, were on a reprisal.
This followed an earlier altercation between a policeman and a soldier, who eventually died.
While a version of the report said the policemen punched the soldier to death, another said he was stabbed.
The soldiers were alleged to have mobilised and then attacked the station after the soldier was confirmed dead.
The police source said: “Our station is under heavy assault by men of the Nigerian Army from 174 Battalion, Odogunyan.
“They have set the station on fire due to an earlier quarrel between a mobile policeman and a soldier.
“In fact, earlier today, a soldier and the mobile policeman engaged themselves in a physical combat, leading to the mobile policeman overpowering the soldier with a lethal punch.”
It was unclear as at press time if police personnel were attacked, injured and killed during the attack on the station.
“The Ikorodu/Ishagamu Road is now a no go area,” added the police source.
Reacting to the development, the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said contrary to some reports, the affected station was not in Lagos State but Ogun State.
Hundeyin, in the reaction on his Twitter handle, tweeted: “There are stories making the rounds that riots have broken out in Odonguyan, Ikorodu.
“We wish to clarify that the unrest is at Ogijo, Ogun State, though very close to Ikorodu, Lagos.
“Our officers are on the alert and would not allow any breakdown of law and order within Lagos State.”
The Ogun State Police Command was yet to react to the incident as at press time.
