A yet-to-be-identified policeman has been macheted to death by commercial motorcyclists, commonly known as okada riders, on the Apapa-Oshodi expressway today.
Vanguard reported that a fight broke out between some policemen and Okada riders on the expressway.
During the fight, one of the policemen reportedly shot one of the motorcyclists, but the bullet didn’t penetrate the Okada man, who then allegedly retaliated by macheting the police officer.
Recounting how the incident played out, one of the motorcyclists simply identified as Rasheed said: “For a long time, police have been disturbing okada riders on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
“So today (Wednesday), some policemen took area boys with them to assist in chasing the bike men.
“Some of the okada riders resisted and fought with the area boys in anger, while carrying cutlasses which led to the police officer sporadically shooting at the motorcyclists.
“When the bullet failed to penetrate, one of the okada riders allegedly used a machete to attack the police officer,” he explained.
Meanwhile, as of press time, there were no motorcyclists at the junction where the incident happened as everyone had reportedly fled the area after the incident.
A trader, who witnessed the incident, also claimed that the riders were seen carrying objects such as cutlasses, sticks, and iron rods as they fled from the police and the area boys to avoid arrest.
Lagos State Police Public Relations officer, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the development on his twitter handle.
He wrote “While enforcing the existing ban on the use of motorcycles in parts of Lagos State, Police Officers of Isolo Division came under attack from motorcycle riders at Cele bus-stop, resulting in the death of one Police Inspector & serious injury to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO).”
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