A yet-to-be named senior officer an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) serving in the Lagos State Police Command, has been lynched to death.
The tragic incident took place on Saturday in the Agege area of the state.
Unruly commercial motorcyclists were blamed for the sad incident.
The deceased had led a team of policemen to an accident scene at WEMPCO junction by Mobil road, Agege, when he was mobbed.
Checks reveal that the policemen had gone to evacuate a truck that knocked down an Okada ride? but met stiff resistance from the riders who insisted that they must set the truck on fire.
Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident, described the killing as unprovoked.
Hundeyin said the team got a distress call at about 1.40am on Saturday about an an accident that involved an Okada rider and a trailer
He said preliminary investigations revealed that it was the rider that ran into the trailer at WEMCO junction Mobil Road, by Pen Cinema Agege.
He said unfortunately, the Okada rider died in the process.
“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 he died on the spot while the truck driver escaped.”
“Five suspects have since been arrested and manhunt for other is on.”
