According to a Twitter user, Fabian Mani, the incident happened when policemen were raiding pedestrians in the area. They accosted a young man who was being questioned on why he owned an iPhone if he wasn’t a ‘yahoo boy’.

The argument led to a misunderstanding which made one of the policemen carelessly fire his gun and according to reports, the policemen immediately fled the scene leaving their vehicle behind.

Aggrieved residents are also reported to have set the truck ablaze.

Police arrest three in Ikorodu police station attack

Three suspects, Ahmed Hassan, Daniel Enyin and Olaniran Alium, have been arrested in connection with attempts to set a police station at Ikorodu ablaze, the command said Tuesday.

A mob on Monday evening razed a patrol vehicle and moved to burn the Imota Police Division following the alleged killing by policemen attached to the station.

But police spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), said it was the suspected criminals that used the victim identified as Hadiyat Sikiru, 18, an SS1 pupil as human shield.

Stating the command’s account of the incident in a statement, Elkana said: “At about 5:30pm on March 18, following a tip off, a team of policemen on surveillance at Adamo community, Ikorodu raided a den of cultists who specialised in ritual murder and kidnapping for ritual purposes.

“On sighting the police, they opened fire and equally used some of their hostages as human shields. During the operation that lasted for about one hour, two police officers were injured and three suspects were arrested. One Hadiyat Sikiru, 18, an SS1 student was hit by a stray bullet.

“Attempt by other members of the deadly gang to attack our police station at Imota was met with stiff resistance by the gallant officers on duty.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Zubairu Muazu has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Criminal Investigation, Panti to take over the case for indept investigation.”