Policemen beaten to pulp over victim’s shooting

Juliana Francis
Barely two weeks that two persons were allegedly killed by policemen in Lagos State, another person is suspected to have been killed again by policemen from the Oko Oba Police Division.
The death of the deceased was said to have happened after street urchins, otherwise known as area boys and policemen clashed at the Oko Oba area of the metropolis.
In the fight which an eye witness claimed started at about 8am yesterday, it was gathered that a good number of policemen were injured, while two policemen were rushed by their colleagues to hospital.
The reason for the clash between police and area boys are yet unknown, but the police authorities, insisted that all hell broke loose after a suspected robber snatched a motorcycle from a man around Oko Oba axis.
It was further learnt that some policemen, from the station, had pursued the suspect to Abattoir area. It was also heard that the fleeing suspect, wearing the cops were almost on him, ran into the home of his friend for protection.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said the policemen were beaten to pulps but they allegedly refused to retaliate.
Braide explained that some policemen who on routine patrol, noticed a man on the ground and stopped to check on him. The man told them that his motorcycle had just been snatched by a robber.
Policemen allegedly spotted the robber and pursued him.
Braide said: “The robber rode to where his friends were at the Abattoir area and his friends started to fight policemen. They damaged the patrol van and beat up the policemen with all sorts of weapons but policemen refused to retaliate. Two policemen were injured and had been rushed to a hospital. Nobody was shot or killed by police.”