The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, has confirmed that soldiers of 174 Battalion, Ikorodu, Lagos have killed a civillian, Mr. Adeola Oyekan, brutalizing him to death over rent.
It is understood that they were invited by a Lagos landlady and her son.
According to a Twitter user, Kenny Abel Adesanya, the corpse of the victim was dumped the soldiers on a street in Ogijo, Ikorodu.
The incident happened at 10, Prince Jamiu Oyebade Street, Ogijo, eye witnesses say.
One said the deceased’s landlady had invited the military due to non-payment of two-month rent arrears by the victim.
When the soldiers arrived, they brutalised the deceased, landing him in the Pillars Hospital, Ogijo, the witness said
He said, “The beating happened last week. It was the landlady of the victim that invited the military from 174 Battalion just because of little misunderstanding
“The victim has been in the hospital since that last week before he finally gave up yesterday night.
“His family brought his body, dumped it at the front of the house for the landlady.”
According to him, the landlady has been arrested by the police
Oyeyemi has assured the deceased’s family that all the perpetrators would be brought to book.
He said, “The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the landlady and the son should be arrested.
Through that, the son will be able to identify the soldiers.”
This is coming two weeks after some soldiers of the same 174 Battalion brutalised a woman, Ruth Orji.
Those in military uniform in Nigeria have no respect for civilians and the law. CHECKPOINTCHARLEY continues to call for re-orientation of members of Nigeria’s security forces.
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