Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Umar Manko
Pandemonium
is currently reigning at Thomas Bus stop, Ajegunle on Ikorodu Road as
three young men are feared to have been shot dead by policemen from the
Ajegunle Police Station.
It was learnt that the men were among
some residents of the area, who were protesting against the killing of
two young men in the same area by policemen on Friday.
Policemen were said to have pursued four
men, who jumped into the lagoon, but policemen reportedly opened fire
on them, killing two instantly. Two lucky ones managed to escape.
The security operatives alleged that the
men, who were bus drivers, were in possession of, smoking or selling
marijuana (Indian Hemp).
On Saturday, some aggrieved young men in
the area, however, began a protest against the killing, while some
policemen reportedly opened live bullet on them killing three youths
instantly.
The booming of guns could still be heard
as of the time of filing this report while the two lanes of the
expressway have been blocked to both human and vehicular traffic.
A source told our correspondent that the
casualty figure could still be higher as the policemen continued their
manhunt for some suspected hoodlums.
The Mile 12-Ikorodu area had recently
become a theartre of war between two cult groups, resulting in the
death of some residents while several vehicles and personal belongings
of the beleaguered residents had been destroyed.
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