LAGOS—A policeman was attacked at
the Berger Yard area of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Monday evening, by some men
suspected to be commercial cyclists (Okada).
He allegedly seized a motorcycle
belonging to one of them.
It was gathered that the
unsuspecting Policeman, whose identity could not be established at press time,
was taking the seized motorcycle away when he was intercepted at Berger Yard
Bus Stop by the mob.
An eyewitness said the mob was made
up of Okada men of Northern extraction.
Before help could come the officer’s
way, the mob descended on him and beat him up, while shouting Ole, Ole
(thief, thief), and hit him on the head with a sharp objects.
Before people realised he was
actually a police officer and had seized the bike, the mob had retrieved the
motorcycle and made away with it.
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