Drunk soldiers kill three, injure five in Lagos border community

Three persons were killed and five others injured on Monday
night after some drunk soldiers went berserk at a Lagos-Ogun border
community.

This is coming barely a week after soldiers opened fire on
policemen on covert operation to Ibi in Taraba State killing six
persons including three civilians.

The soldiers, suspected to be on illegal duty, were said to have
opened fire on celebrators of the Isheri Day festival in Kara
Community after they were told to stop harassing innocent
people.

It was gathered that the soldiers had escorted one Tiri, said to
be a son of Kara Market owner to the event’s venue and were
violently pushing other guests to create access for their principal
before they were confronted by one of the community leaders.

“I told them that what they were doing was not proper. I told
them to stop harassing other participants in the festival. The
soldiers were two and they work as bodyguards to Tiri.

“The next thing, one of them pointed his gun at me and people
gathered there.

“Tiri was also drunk because the three of them came in drunk.
After the disagreement, they left and about 300 metres away, we
heard gunshots. They just opened fire on people.

“Adelani Dare, who was urinating, was killed on the spot. Tayese
sustained gunshot wounds and was rushed to the hospital.

“The shooting angered the people and the soldier was attacked
and wounded. He was also taken to the same hospital as Tayese.

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“The next thing, they called for reinforcement and when their
colleagues came to take the injured soldier, they saw Tayese and
shot him dead right in front of the doctor.

“I think the hospital has CCTV and the police can get the
footage to see what happened there. The soldiers killed three
people and injured five persons.

“This whole thing started around 7:30pm on Monday. This is the
first time we are experiencing this kind of sad incident during our
festival. We have been celebrating this day for 31 years and have
never recorded any death.

“We want the police to arrest Tiri. Once Tiri is arrested, it
will be easy to fish out the soldiers who committed this crime
because they are his bodyguards and he knows where they are from,”
said a resident Saheed Adeshina.

Contacted, police spokesman for Ogun State Abimbola Oyeyemi, a
Deputy Superintendent (DSP) confirmed the incident but said he
would revert for details.