Gunmen kill policeman, injure 3 others in Lagos

The police command of Lagos State on Monday confirmed the killing of a policeman and injury of three others in the Ikorodu area of theThe police command of Lagos State on Monday confirmed the killing of a policeman and injuring of three others in the Ikorodu area of the State by suspected gunmen.\nIt was gathered the gunmen fled with the rifle of the slain policeman.\nThe police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin briefed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that three other police operatives were seriously injured in the attack.\nOperatives of the Imota Police Division in the Ikorodu area were on patrol duty when they came under the assailants’ attack at Emuren Junction, on Itokin Road in the area.\nLocal sources said the assailants State by suspected gunmen.

It was gathered the gunmen fled with the rifle of the slain policeman.

The police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin briefed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that three other police operatives were seriously injured in the attack.

Operatives of the Imota Police Division in the Ikorodu area were on patrol duty when they came under the assailants’ attack at Emuren Junction, on Itokin Road in the area.

Local sources said the assailants, suspected to be errand boys of land grabbers, ambushed the police patrol team, opened fire and killed one on the spot and escaped with his rifle.

“On Saturday, police raided cultists’ hideouts in Emuren, Shagamu Local Government Area of Ogun,’’ a resident said.#

NAN said that many innocent people had fallen victim to gun attacks by agents of land grabbers in Ikorodu and its environs in the past.