EMEKA IBEMERE
Early
morning gun shooting rattled the Lagos residents on Thursday 11th April, 2013
at about 0700 hours.
Police authorities said that the Area
Commander, Area“D” Mushin received a distress call that there was a shooting
incident around Daleko Bridge, Mushin and he quickly dispatched crack team of
policemen to the scene but on arrival, the gun men had disappeared.
Daily
Signpost enquiry revealed
that the gun men were on Police uniform and had operated in a commercial bus as
people scampered for safety.
A
casualty was recorded as one Mr. Santos Korie driving in a Toyota Highlander
died on his way to the hospital.
It was
not immediately ascertained whether the gunmen were hired killers on police uniform
or real Police Officers.
Meanwhile, some arrests have been made and the
suspects are currently being detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
for interrogation.
Following
the ugly incident, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Umar
Manko, has ordered that the gun men must be fished out with a view to knowing
their identities particularly as they were alleged to have operated on Police
uniform.
“It would
be recalled that in recent time, gunmen operating in military and police
uniform have been involved in one violent crime or the other and the Lagos
State Command is not leaving any stone unturned in dealing decisively with any
fake uniformed officer”, DSP Ngozi c. Braide,
stated.
“The
Commissioner of Police hereby appeals to members of the public and especially
the victim family to remain calm and embrace peace as the perpetrators of this
dastardly act must be brought to book”.
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