Jonathan Nwokpor
On Thursday morning, a police station in the Ipaja region of Lagos State was attacked by more than a hundred suspected thugs.
According to eyewitness accounts, there may have been a connection between the tragedy and the police raid on local motorbike riders.
Following the event, there was a gunfight, but the policeman shot the thugs, sending onlookers running for cover.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the state police spokesman, told Channels Television that the attackers were Okada riders who disobeyed orders from command personnel.
Officers and soldiers from the Ipaja division fiercely resisted the attack, according to Hundeyin. He did not, however, clarify whether any lives were lost in the incident.
According to the police spokesman, since multiple police detachments were dispatched to the area, normalcy has since been restored.
Read the full statement of the police:
POLICE REPEL ATTACK ON STATION, ARREST ATTACKERS
⁃ impound over two hundred motorcycles
Officers of Ipaja Police Division have successfully repelled an early morning attack on their division by motorcycle operators.
The attack came after police officers commenced the day’s enforcement of the existing ban on motorcycles in Lagos State. The attackers, who came in their hundreds, stormed the station with dangerous weapons, shooting at the officers and attempting to overrun the station.
While officers and men of the division held their ground, reinforcement came from the Area Command and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS). Two of the attackers were fatally injured during the attack.
However, this did not deter the officers from accomplishing their mandate as over two hundred motorcycles were impounded and some of the attackers arrested, with one locally made firearm retrieved.
The Lagos State Police Command will not be cowed into abdicating its responsibilities of enforcement of all duly passed laws and maintenance of law and order within the society.
SP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
LAGOS STATE COMMAND
IKEJA
MAY 27, 2024.
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