Policemen Allegedly Kill Two NSCDC Officers in Lagos

Two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were allegedly killed in the early hours of yesterday, in Ikorodu area of Lagos, during a shoot-out with a police team.

The deceased identified as Assistant Inspector Gabriel Adaji and Inspector Innocent Akegbe, reportedly went on a raid around Konu area of Ikorodu in the company of five other colleagues. Their mission, Vanguard learnt, was to effect the arrest of some pipeline vandals said to be operating on a broken pipeline.

Items purportedly recovered at the scene

They were said to have made some arrests, recovered some exhibits and were on their way to their office when they were accosted by a team of policemen allegedly led by one Inspector Sunday Gabriel, attached to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. There were, however, different accounts of how the NSCDC officers met their untimely death. A version of the account from NSCDC sources alleged that their officers were ambushed by the team of policemen who were contacted on phone by the arrested vandals. According to NSCDC sources, 

“Immediately the Police got wind of the information, they ambushed the officers and opened fire on their patrol vehicles, killing two while others ran for dear lives with gunshot wounds. The  vandals were immediately released by the policemen. “On seeing that they were policemen,  men of the corps refused to fire a single shot but could only express shock that a sister agency which ordinarily should assist in fighting crime and other criminality were the ones aiding them while the vandals continue to flourish in crime.” 

Another version of the account had it that the policemen queried the NSCDC men for invading the area at such time (3 a.m.) without informing them.