A police Inspector, Monday Orukpe has reportedly died at the military hospital on Thursday afternoon from injuries he sustained after soldiers of the Army Ordinance Corp abducted and beat him to a state of comma in Lagos on Wednesday.
Report has it that the soldiers were riding in an Army bus, and getting close to CCC gate on Lagos/Badagry expressway there was heavy traffic.
Trouble ensued when two of the soldiers jumped on okada (motorcycle) and rode to where the policemen were controlling traffic and ordered them to clear the traffic for their bus. But the policemen on duty said it was not possible to clear the traffic for them as the road was heavily congested.
The two soldiers got angry, pounced on them, and abducted them into their bus and drove them to Ojo Cantonment. The third officer who they also wanted to drag along fired gunshot into the air, this made the soldiers to retreat and he fled.
A police source who spoke said, “due to the severe torture, an Inspector of Police fainted and went into a comma, prompting the soldiers to rush then to Army Hospital where Inspector Monday Orukpe died.
“we have recovered the corpse and efforts are being made to release the second officer receiving treatment in their hospital the soldiers carted away the police rifles.”
Reacting to the incident, Olaniyi Osoba Major, Acting Deputy Director 81 Division Public Relations said the attention of the Division has been drawn to the story and they are already in touch with the Lagos State Police Command to resolve the matter.
The Division also said it has instituted a Board of Inquiry to unravel the circumstance surrounding the unfortunate incident, and at the end of the investigation, anyone found culpable will be made to face the full wrath of the disciplinary provisions.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army led by Brigadier-Generals KN Nwoko, ML Abubakar and IE Akpaumontia paid a condolence visit to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, over the unfortunate death of a Police Inspector attacked by soldiers in Lagos on Friday morning at the state police command Ikeja.
