Soldier Stab A Policeman To Dead For Stopping Colleague Driving Against Traffic
A Policeman identified as Saka Ganiyu, has been stabbed to death by Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State.
Didactic Information Hut gathered that the soldier, who was not on his uniform, while driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen commercial bus against the traffic, was stopped by policemen on enforcement duty at Volks Bus Stop.
But He was angered by the action of the policemen and it led to an altercation before the soldier contacted some of his colleagues, who reportedly trooped out of the Ojo Cantonment Barracks and attacked the policemen.
Ganiyu reportedly sustained varying degrees of injury during the attack and was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital for urgent treatment.
“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,” a document on the incident read.
Didactic Information Hut reports that Soldiers have historically been attacking civilians and other paramilitary agencies at the slightest provocation. Many times those avoidable clashes result in death of the victims.
