Six soldiers arrested over murder of police Inspector

 

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Six soldiers have been arrested by the military authority over the killing of one Inspector Monday Orukpe in Lagos. 

It can be recalled that Inspector Orukpe attached to the Trade Fair police station with his colleagues    on official duty assisting traffic officials to aid free flow of traffic and prevent thieves who operate during gridlock along the Lagos - Badagry road on Wednesday were  allegedly attacked by  soldiers said to be about thirty in a vehicle held who were held up in the gridlock along the Lagos- Badagry road. 

The soldiers it was gathered were heading to the Ojoo military Barracks but were   angered over the long hours in  the traffic jam , took thier frustration out on Inspector Orukpe and a yet to be identified policeman as they  blamed the policemen for the gridlock. A police source said  "  they soldiers  came down from Thier vehicle to confront  Inspector Orukpe and his colleagues. The soldiers were about thirty. Some of the soldiers pounced on Inspector Orukpe and another policeman. They beat them to a pulp and took thier guns with them to the barracks where they continued the beating. Inspector Orukpe passed out and the soldiers rushed him and the other policeman to the Navy hospital where they dumped them. When the doctors observed the injured policemen, they confirmed that Inspector Orukpe was dead and the other policeman was lucky as he was still breathing. Inspector Orukpe's corpse was moved to the mortuary ". 

Speaking on the killing, a family member of the deceased policeman ,Mr Alama Oamen Orukpe  said.  " Since we did not hear anything from the police authority over our brother Inspector Monday 's killing, we went to the Trade Fair police station on Friday to see the DPO .  The soldiers beat him up mercilessly when they took him to their barracks and   dumped  his corpse at the Navy hospital at Satellite Town. It took us over three hours to see and identify his corpse in the Mortuary. From what we gathered, six soldiers have been detained by the military authority over the killing but we want the army authority to fish out the others who participated in the evil act against the policemen. We want justice".