Tension Enveloped As Police Sergeant Killed a Cult Member

Tension enveloped Emmanuel Olorunfemi and Oshunkeye streets in the Ifako-Ijaiye, Ogba area of Lagos State on Wednesday after a police sergeant was killed by some youths suspected to be cult members.

Our Reporter gathered that the irate youths were protesting against the death of one Shina, aka Ishan, who was reportedly injured during a police raid on Oshunkeye Street in Idiagbon community.

The hoodlums were alleged to have taken the corpse to the Area G Police Command headquarters, Ogba.

The men were reported to have chartered a bus to Haruna bus stop on College Road, where they attacked a police team stationed at the junction.

Our correspondent learnt that one of the policemen was chased to Emmanuel Olorunfemi Street, where he was clubbed and shot dead.

A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the incident happened around 11am.

He said, “I gathered that last Wednesday, the policemen went to raid Idiagbon and many fled to evade arrest. In the melee, the victim fell into a gutter and hit his head on the concrete slab. He was rushed to a hospital and put on oxygen. He, however, died this morning (Wednesday).

“His friends and some residents took his corpse to the Area G Police Command in an ambulance. They left the body there and took a bus back to the community. They sighted some policemen at Haruna bus stop and attacked them with cutlasses and sticks. They vandalised their patrol van as the cops ran for dear life. However, the youths got one of them on Emmanuel Olorunfemi Street and beat him to death.”

Emmanuel Olorunfemi Street and its environs were deserted when our correspondent visited on Wednesday, as some motorcycle riders discussed the incident.

One of them said colleagues of the deceased policeman did nothing to save him.

He said, “There were four of them at the junction. Those boys broke their van’s windscreen and chased them. They met one of them eating and stabbed him. I learnt that that the policeman was taken to a hospital.

“Two of the policemen, who were in flight, asked me to take them to their station. Those boys caught up with the last policeman and used sticks to hit him on the head. They were not with any gun.  They used the policeman’s gun to shoot him dead and later dropped it on his corpse.”