Soldiers seeking revenge for colleagues death sets Police station, vehicles ablaze.

Soldiers seeking retribution for the murder of a police officer who killed one of their colleagues on Tuesday assaulted the Ogijo neighborhood in Ogun State, confusing locals and business owners in the process.

According to reports, the policemen fatally stabbed the soldier, and as payback, they set fire to other pieces of property, including cars, a police station, and other buildings.

Sam, a local who only gave his first name, explained over the phone to one of our journalists that problems began after a police officer allegedly murdered a soldier.

He claimed that the deceased soldier’s comrades organized an assault on the Ogijo police station.

An eyewitness, Rofiat Alhameed, commented on the situation in a post on Twitter, claiming that the turmoil left many commuters stuck because there were no vehicles to take them to their destinations. She said that she had hiked from Odogunyan to the Ogijo neighborhood.

Using her social media handle, @Fee_arh, she wrote, “I had to trek from Odogunyan to Ogijo today running from one place to another trying to avoid soldiers beating passersby and those driving between Odogunyan to Ogijo after a soldier was allegedly killed by area boys while some claimed a MOPOL stabbed the soldier in Ikorodu.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, explained in a tweet that the event had place in Ogun State, in contrast to claims that it took place in Lagos State.

He stated in the tweet, “There are stories making the rounds that riots have broken out in Odonguyan, Ikorodu. We wish to clarify that the unrest is at Ogijo, Ogun State, though very close to Ikorodu, Lagos. Our officers are on the alert and would not allow any breakdown of law and order within Lagos State.”

The PPRO for Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was unable to be reached as of the time this report was submitted.