A soldier who tried to scare away officers of
the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, for attempting to tow a
military truck has misfired, killing a police officer in the area in the
process, Vanguard reports. The incident, which occured between Idiroko and
Anthony Bus-Stop, Lagos, left eyewitnesses running for cover. It was
gathered that the soldier was detailed to convey the white and yellow military
truck belonging to the Nigerian Army, to Kaduna. On his way, the truck
broke down at Idiroko bus stop, and he decided to sleep inside till dawn. But
some LASTMA officials decided to tow it to their office.
However, trouble started when the officials
knocked at the driver’s side. Immediately, the soldier was said to have
got down from the truck with his rifle and started shooting indiscriminately
into the air, and at the LASTMA officials. In the process, the
shooting eventually led to the death of a police officer in the area.
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