Police bullet kills girl, injures another in Lagos
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The Lagos State Police Command has detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Omotayo Olajide, after his firearm discharged during an operation in Ajegunle, killing a girl…
The Lagos State Police Command has detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Omotayo Olajide, after his firearm discharged during an operation in Ajegunle, killing a girl and injuring another.
According to a statement issued on Saturday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, Olajide discharged his firearm during the operation, hitting the two girls.
The incident occurred on Thursday, November 5, between 9.30 pm and 10 pm, in the Nosamu area of Ajegunle, during a police response to a clash between two rival groups, identified as the Nosamu Boys and Alayabiagba Boys.
“Preliminary findings show that the personnel had been deployed after a distress call about a violent clash between two rival groups, the Nosamu Boys and the Alayabiagba Boys, over toll collection. The groups were reportedly armed with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons.
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