There was tension in Ikorodu, Lagos State on Wednesday evening as it was gathered that a policeman was said to have reportedly stabbed an unidentified soldier to death in the area.
The soldier was not in army uniform but in mufti.
The ugly incident happened at the border town of Ogijo, between Ogun State and Lagos State.
It was learnt that the policemen ran away to Ogijo Police Station when they discovered the victim was an officer.
According to The Punch, a source in the area to said that he narrowly escaped death as people were shooting in the area.
The source said, “I could not identify those shooting cause it was already dark. As I came down from the bus, they just started shooting and everybody scampered for safety. I narrowly escaped death tonight.”
A Twitter user who shared videos confirming the tension in Ikorodu wrote: “If you’re going towards Ikorodu first gate down to Ogijo precisely please stay safe, heard they killed a soldier this evening and they’ve been fighting.”
