The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has reacted to the trending video of some police officers and army officers fighting at ijaya, Apongbo, in Lagos State on Wednesday, January 18.
In the video, a soldier attempted to disarm a police task force officer and he put up a fight. Read here.
In a tweet shared on his handle, Hundeyin said the soldier had boarded a commercial bus and instructed the driver to drive against traffic. When the vehicle was stopped by the police, the soldier got angry and engaged the armed officer in a fight.
”The soldier, who was a passenger, directed the driver to drive against traffic. The policemen stopped the vehicle and the soldier took offense that the vehicle he boarded was stopped. He, therefore, decided to attack the armed policeman. The Army have been informed.”