Lagos – Two Nigerian police officers attached to the Lagos State Taskforce on Wednesday, 19 June, reportedly went on illegal duty, taking some civilians with them to shore up their number, the state police spokesman said.
They came under attack from motorcycle riders, resulting in the death of one of the civilians, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command said.
Hundeyin added that: “while disciplinary actions have commenced on the already detained police officers, and search is on for their civilian accomplices, investigations have commenced to identify, arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of this dastardly act.”
A gory video trending on social media showed a man murdered in broad daylight and his attackers using motorcycles to run over his body repeatedly.
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Social media users have condemned the video, with some calling on the Lagos state government to investigate the crime.
The location of the incident remains unclear.
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