LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Suspected Cultists have reportedly raided Alasia, a community in Ijanikin, Ojo area of Lagos, causing tension following the murder of a Police inspector.
It was learnt that the policeman was attached to Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos.
The inspector was hacked to death by a seven-man gang a few metres away from his home around 8.40pm on Sunday, Daily Trust reports.
An eyewitness said that trouble started after the gang had a misunderstanding with the deceased.
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Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated that a member of the gang had been arrested.
Hundeyin said other members of the gang were on the run, adding that two cutlasses were recovered from the house of one of the fleeing suspects.
“At about 8pm, someone came to the station to report that some group of boys had a misunderstanding with one Inspector attached to Zone 2 Headquarters on Friday, 21 July.
“The gang reinforced and attacked the victim with axes and inflicted injuries on his head.
“A team of policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ijanikin, CSP Afolabi Kazeem, moved to the scene where they met the lifeless body of the victim.
“The suspects fled, but one of them was arrested and a cutlass was recovered from the home of the fleeing suspects,” he disclosed.
