“On the day of the occurrence, Ayuba and another policeman were dispersing the traders when things went incorrect.
“We were notified that the traders overpowered the policemen and in an attempt to protect himself and his associate, Ayuba opened fire into the crowd and slain a dealer (Mohammed). Ayuba’s colleague directly escaped, departing him alone with the hoodlums.”
According to police, the casualty was struck to death by an irate mob for allegedly murdering a dealer, Mustapha Mohammed, on July 30, 2013.
hit learnt that Ayuba and another policeman were established to the scene to follow away traders who had illegally taken over a piece of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
It was learnt that selling activities by the traders generally initiated gridlock in the area. It was furthermore discovered that some inhabitants and motorists had deplored to applicable administration about the inconveniences initiated by the traders. A building business employed on the street had furthermore made apply to the government to check the traders.
A older policeman, who spoke to hit on condition of anonymity, said:
“Ayuba and the policeman were dispatched to the locality to chase away traders who had taken over that portion of the street. The road is under building by Chinese Construction technology business and the business had deplored that its makeshift building location was being hijacked by traders.
“The hoodlums grabbed Ayuba’s gun from him [after he supposedly shot one of the traders], selected up pebbles and twigs and trounce him up without clemency.
“Some fighters reached at the view and tried to release the policeman. But the soldiers were substantially outnumbered by the uncontrollable mob, which overpowered them and followed them away.”
Our correspondent learnt that by the time the policeman back-up arrived and organised to disperse the mob, Ayuba was lifeless from the beatings he had received.
The policemen hurried Ayuba and Mustapha to the clinic where they were confirmed dead.
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