SOLDIER STABS MOTORCYCLIST IN LAGOS.

Babatunji Wusu –

Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have detained a Lance Corporal in the Nigerian army for allegedly attempting to murder a commercial motorbike rider, Saheed Isah, in the Ikorodu region of the state.

Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest in a statement released on Monday.

Hundeyin claimed that the soldier, who is now assigned to the Nigerian Army’s 159 Battalion in Yobe State, stabbed the motorbike rider in the upper left side of his stomach with a jackknife during a street altercation at a pub in Ikorodu’s Itamaga neighborhood.

The police stated they retrieved a revolver and a jackknife from the clearly drunk suspect, and the victim is presently being treated at an unnamed hospital.

The statement read, “At about 3am, the Chief Security Officer of a lounge at Itamaga area of Ikorodu reported at Ikorodu Division that a soldier stabbed the rider on the stomach during a minor disagreement.

“The soldier attached to 159 battalion in Yobe State, armed with a gun and a jackknife, stabbed one Saheed Isah, a commercial motorcyclist, on the upper left side of his stomach.

“The soldier had earlier had a misunderstanding with the rider at a drinking bar. The victim sustained grievous injury. The victim was rushed to an hospital in the area and he is currently receiving treatment and responding adequately.”