The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested five motorcyclists for interrogation over the death of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) on lawful duty.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Saturday, October 19, 2024.
Hundeyin said the suspects allegedly attacked a police patrol team sent on a rescue mission.
He said the police got a distress call at about 1:40 a.m. on Saturday that a motorcyclist ran into a trailer at WEMCO Junction on Mobile Road in the PEN Cinema area of Agege and died on the spot.
The police spokesman disclosed that based on the report, a patrol team was mobilised to the scene.
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Hundeyin stated: “On arrival, the team met a large number of commercial motorcyclists gathered.
“However, the patrol team in the process of evacuating the truck away from the scene, came under attack from the motorcyclists, who insisted on torching the truck.
“As a result, one ASP, 46, was injured on the head, and died on the spot, while the truck driver escaped.
“The corpses have been evacuated to Mainland General Hospital Mortuary, Yaba, for autopsy.
“Meanwhile, five suspects have been arrested and manhunt for other fleeing suspects is ongoing.”
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