Okada Riders Arrested for Death of Policeman During Raid

A police corporal, Emmanuel Emefiele, has been stabbed to death during a raid on motorcycle riders on the 4th Avenue, FESTAC Town, Lagos State. The 36-year-old was among a team of policemen from the FESTAC Police Division, who raided the community around 1am on Friday to enforce the state law which forbids riding of motorcycles at ungodly hours.

A mob, consisting of the okada(motorcycle) riders and some hoodlums, was said to have resisted the policemen and in the ensuing scuffle, attacked Emefiele with a knife. A police source told our correspondent that other policemen fled the scene, as the motorcyclists dispossessed them of their rifles. Our correspondent learnt that the cops later reinforced and returned to the scene.

“They chased the motorcyclists and recovered the arms from their hideouts. Two of the suspects, who took the guns, were arrested. But they said they were not the ones that stabbed him. One of them said he took the gun so he could return it to the Divisional Police Officer,” he said.

The two suspects, Tari Gau and Vadiya Jonah, however denied complicity in the crime.