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Lagos Resident Chased By Police into Lagoon, Pronounced Dead
“It was the police that chased inside till he fell inside the lagoon. We were only trying to rescue him.”
A Lagos State resident who was chased into a lagoon by some operatives of the Nigerian police on Wednesday has been pronounced dead.
Earlier, it was reported that the now deceased victim fell inside a lagoon at the federal bus stop, Ipaja Ayobo axis of Lagos State after some policemen were chasing him.
As explained in a video seen on X, the late victim’s fall into the lagoon was followed with a head injury after hitting his head on a stone.
The narrator said: “It was the police that chased inside till he fell inside the lagoon. We were only trying to rescue him. It was the police that chased him. They chased him this morning (on Wednesday). He hit his head on the hard stone. Money fell from his pocket and they took it.”
She wrote: “Yesterday morning, police chased my friend’s husband till he fell into the canal, they took his slippers and money that fell and left when people started shouting. This happened at federal bus stop, Ipaja Ayobo axis. He is currently unconscious at Lasuth @BenHundeyin @PoliceNG,” a X user, @Omorhemi who identified the deceased as her wife’s husband wrote.
Another X user, @Omorhemi confirmed the death of the victim.
In a series of post, the user said the policemen had been identified and were currently being detained by their superiors at Area M police station of Lagos Command.
She said: ”He is dead as of this afternoon; two amongst the officers have been detained at panti.”
She continued: “Thanks to some eyewitnesses that have been able to point out two from the officers and cooperation of their dpo,they have been taken and detained at Area M where the Area commander is at @BenHundeyin @Princemoye1.”
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