Juliana Francis
Men of the Nigerian Army today attacked Ogijo Police Station in Ogun State, setting it on fire, said a police source.
According to the source, the soldiers, who were from 174 Battalion Odugunyan in Ikorodu, were on a reprisal following an earlier altercation between a policeman and a soldier.
The soldiers were alleged to have mobilized and then attacked the station by setting it on fire.
The police source said: “ Our station is under heavy assault by men of the Nigerian Army from 174 Battalion Odogunyan. They have set the station on fire due to an earlier quarrel between a mobile policeman and a soldier. In fact, earlier today a soldier and the mobile policeman engaged themselves in physical combat, leading to the mobile policeman overpowering the soldier with a leather punch.”
It was gathered that due to what the soldier perceived as being disgraced and embarrassed in the fight, he left in a fit and returned with other soldiers, who set the station.
It is yet unclear if police personnel were attacked, injured, and killed during the attack on the station.
“The Ikorodu /Ishagamu road is now a no-go area,” added the police source.
