UPDATE: This morning soldiers were on RAMPAGE over the death of their colleague who was killed by a BRT bus driver and also went ahead to destroy BRT buses worth over millions and beating up civilians to pulp. The military has come forward to say that the area boys in the area are responsible for the mayhem(hmmmmmmm) despite all the PLENTY eye witnesses at scene.
The Nigerian army spokesperson Olajide Olaleye said;
“It’s not true that the soldiers destroyed buses or set any bus on fire. What happened was that a BRT bus knocked down a soldier and killed him. As usual in Lagos, area boys gathered and a few soldiers stopped at the scene as well. The GOC has dispatched military policemen to the scene to help restore law and order,” Mr. Olaleye said. CONTINUE TO READ....
Premium times who were at the scene of the incident reports thus,
However, when PREMIUM TIMES arrived at the scene of the mayhem, at least 30 soldiers dressed in combat fatigue and wielding AK47 assault rifle, were manhandling those caught taking pictures of the destroyed buses.
This reporter saw soldiers throw a young man who tried to take pictures into a gutter. An angry soldier dangerous waving his gun grabbed the man’s phone and smashed it on the tarred road.
Senior army officers at the scene did nothing to stop the soldiers from behaving unruly. This reporter saw at least two Lieutenant Colonels and a Brigadier General at the scene of the incidence.
The nametag of one of the Lieutenant Colonel read: M Hussaini. Some of the soldiers formed protective rings around the other senior officers; making it almost impossible to read their nametags.
The Press Secretary of the Lagos State Governor, Hakeem Bello, said the governor, Babatunde Fashola, will release a statement on the incidence later on Friday.
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“It’s not true that the soldiers destroyed buses or set any bus on fire. What happened was that a BRT bus knocked down a soldier and killed him. As usual in Lagos, area boys gathered and a few soldiers stopped at the scene as well. The GOC has dispatched military policemen to the scene to help restore law and order,” Mr. Olaleye said. CONTINUE TO READ....
Premium times who were at the scene of the incident reports thus,
However, when PREMIUM TIMES arrived at the scene of the mayhem, at least 30 soldiers dressed in combat fatigue and wielding AK47 assault rifle, were manhandling those caught taking pictures of the destroyed buses.
This reporter saw soldiers throw a young man who tried to take pictures into a gutter. An angry soldier dangerous waving his gun grabbed the man’s phone and smashed it on the tarred road.
Senior army officers at the scene did nothing to stop the soldiers from behaving unruly. This reporter saw at least two Lieutenant Colonels and a Brigadier General at the scene of the incidence.
The nametag of one of the Lieutenant Colonel read: M Hussaini. Some of the soldiers formed protective rings around the other senior officers; making it almost impossible to read their nametags.
The Press Secretary of the Lagos State Governor, Hakeem Bello, said the governor, Babatunde Fashola, will release a statement on the incidence later on Friday.
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