THERE was confusion on Wednesday, February 16, in Ogijo area of Sagamu Local Council of Ogun State, bordering Lagos State, following the killing of a soldier by a Police officer during an altercation.
It was gathered that the Police officer, who was popularly called Mopol by residents, shot the soldier after the disagreement degenerated, with both security agents threatening to kill each other.
While the altercation heightened, the policeman was said to have reached out for his pistol and shot the soldier.
It was further gathered that after the soldier was pronounced dead about 6 pm, his colleagues decided to launch a reprisal attack on Ogijo Police Station, where the mobile Police officer was deployed by the Ogun Police Command, setting it ablaze, along with patrol vehicles and an armoured tank within the area.
Spokesman of Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, while confirming the incident, however, said it happened in the Odongunyan area of Ikorodu in Lagos State, adding that when the soldiers came for a reprisal attack, they attacked Ogijo Police Station and burnt down the station patrol vehicle and armoured personnel carrier.
He stated: “Though the cause of disagreement between the Police officer and the soldier is still sketchy as I speak with you now. The incident really happened in the Odongunyan area of Ikorodu, in Lagos State and when the soldiers came for reprisal attack, they came to Ogun Police Station, burnt station, armoured personnel carrier and patrol vehicle.
“The commandant of the barracks at Ikorodu had been contacted and he is looking into the matter.”
