An unidentified Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) from the Lagos State Police Command was tragically killed by Angry Okada Riders in the Agege area on Saturday morning.
Report has it that the deceased had led a team of policemen to an accident scene along the WEMCO junction by Mobil road, Agege, before his team was attack by commercial motorcyclists, also known as Okada riders.
Fusion Chronicles learnt that the police officers had gone to remove a truck that knocked down an Okada rider but met tight resistance from the riders, who insisted that they must set the truck on fire.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, who spoke concerning the incident, said the killing of the policeman was needless and uncalled for.
Hundeyin explained that the police team got a distress call at about 1.40 am on Saturday about an accident that involved an Okada rider and a trailer at WEMCO junction Mobil Road by Pen Cinema Agege.
According to the police spokesman, it was revealed that during preliminary investigation an Okada rider ran into the trailer, which led to his death in the process.
Hundeyin further stated that five suspects have been arrested in the process.
He said, “On getting to the scene, the team met a large number of motorcycle riders who had gathered around the place. However, the patrol team, in the process of evacuating the truck, came under attack by the riders who insisted on torching the truck, as a result of which one ASP, 46 years old, was injured on the head and died on the spot while the truck driver escaped”
