On Saturday morning, a tragic incident occurred in the Agege area of Lagos state, as an angry mob of Okada riders reportedly attacked and killed a yet to be identified Assistant Superintendent of Police from Lagos state police command.
The Police officer was attacked by irate commercial motorcyclists popularly called Okada riders and was killed on the spot during the attack.
The Police officer was said to have led a team of policemen to an accident scene along WEMCO Junction by Mobil road, Agege to evacuate a truck that knocked down an Okada rider but met with a set of other riders who insisted on setting the truck on fire.
Lagos police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the unfortunate incident saying: “ At about 1:40 am, a distress call was received that a motorcycle rider ran into a trailer at WEMCO Junction Mobil road, pen cinema agege and died on the spot.”
“ Based on the report, a patrol team was mobilized to the scene. On arrival, the team met a large number of motorcycle riders gathered. However, the patrol team in the process of evacuating the truck away from the scene came under attack by the motorcycle riders who insisted on torching the truck and as a result, one ASP was injured on the head and died while the truck driver escaped.”
Hundeyin also stated that five suspects have been arrested the search for other suspects have begun.
