Lagos policeman shoots three at naming ceremony

Residents of Church Street in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos State say they have been living in fear after a policeman, identified as Inspector Ibrahim Odufarasin, allegedly shot sporadically during a naming ceremony, causing injuries to three residents.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the residents protested at the Public Advice Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday and also at the Oba of Ijora’s palace on Saturday to report Odufarasin, who they alleged had been terrorising them.

Our correspondent gathered that apart from the residents hit by the bullets – Ganiu Muritala, Bayo Iwalokun and one Isiaka – two others, one of them known only as Ade, were allegedly stabbed by the policeman.

Odufarasin, who is believed to be attached to the Inspector General of Police Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Unit, and lived on the street, was said to have taken the action because they held the ceremony without his “permission”.

Our correspondent gathered that last Wednesday, March 30, at about 8pm, the police inspector had driven into the street and met the gathering.

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