The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has said the policeman who killed a soldier in the Odogunyan area of the state is not under the state Police Command.
Oyeyemi, who confirmed to our correspondent said the incident happened in Odogunyan, which falls under Lagos State not Ogun. He added that it was a mobile policeman who killed the soldier stating that Ogun had no mobile base in Ogijo area.
Reacting to the police station that was burnt, Oyeyemi said, “That is a misconception, a mobile man serving in Lagos was the one that killed the soldier. I don’t know why the soldiers will go and start burning Ogijo Police Station when the issue happened in Odogunyan, which is in Lagos.
“We don’t have any mobile base in Ogijo, so how can the mobile policeman be from Ogijo?” he questioned.
reported that there was palpable tension in Ikorodu, Lagos State as policemen reportedly stabbed an unidentified soldier to death in the area.
The incident happened at the border town of Odogunyan, which is very close to Ogijo in Ogun State.
Videos have also surfaced online showing the Ogijo police station allegedly razed in fire by soldiers.
The voice in the video shared on social media said, “They burnt (Ogijo) station live. Ogijo Ikorodu. They went to kill soldier in front of school at Odogunyan.”
According to reports, the policemen ran away to Ogijo Police Station when they discovered the victim killed was an officer.
A source in the area, who spoke to our correspondent, said he narrowly escaped death as people were shooting in the area.
The source said, “I could not identify those shooting cause it was already dark. As I came down from the bus, they just started shooting and everybody scampered for safety. I narrowly escaped death tonight.”
