Inspector of Police killed in the line of duty by a Nigerian soldier.
Some soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks have allegedly stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu, to death after he accosted their colleague for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State.
According to reports, the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, was stopped by policemen on enforcement duty at Volks Bus Stop while driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen commercial bus against the traffic.
It was gathered that an altercation ensued and the soldier contacted some of his colleagues, who reportedly trooped out of the Ojo Cantonment Barracks and atta3ked the policemen.
Ganiyu sustained varying degrees of inj¥ry during the atta3k and was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital for urgent treatment. However, the injured Inspector was later d!ed in the hospital while undergoing treatment. The corpse was deposited at the hospital’s morgue for preservation and autopsy.
