A 24-year-old generator engineer, Idris Jagun, has been killed by a stray bullet fired by a policeman in the late hours of Sunday.
The incident threw the residents of Oregun, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, where it occurred, into panic
The police patrol van was said to be at the scene of the incident to quell an ongoing fight.
However, a yet-to-be-identified policeman reportedly shot into the crowd to disperse them but the bullet hit Jagun in his thigh.
In a viral video, a man was heard saying “Policemen have killed somebody. They have killed somebody.”
Jagun was said to have been rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead by the medical doctor on duty.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident on Monday, said he could not provide further details about the incident.
“Yes, we are aware of the incident. I don’t have details yet,” the PPRO simply said.
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Meanwhile, men of the Lagos State Police Command are currently working to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman and her two daughters in a shop around PPL, Ijagun Okokomaiko area of the state.
The deceased, whose identities could not be immediately ascertained, were said to have locked themselves inside the shop for two days before their corpses were recovered.
While some residents suspected generator fume as the cause of death of the three persons, some suspected food poisoning.
Our correspondent, however, learnt that the remains of the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites.
A witness, who did not want his name in print because of fear of victimisation, told our correspondent that he was informed of the incident when he went out to get breakfast.
He said, “On Friday night, the woman locked herself in the shop with her daughters while the generator was on. On Saturday, someone passed by and still saw the shop locked with the generator on.
“On Monday morning, people were worried as there was an offensive odour around her shop. Then, the husband broke into the shop and he found the dead bodies of his wife and children. These bodies were found in the inner shop and the other extension was where the generator was placed.”
The source said officials of the Ojo Local Government evacuated the corpses from the shop.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident happened.
“It has been confirmed that the incident happened last week,” he said.