Some suspected hoodlums on Thursday, killed two policemen and injured unspecified number of residents in Imowo Nla community in Ikorodu, Lagos State.



One of the policemen, named Ikpi Ikpi, an inspector, was said to have been ambushed in the early hours of Wednesday.

An eyewitness, who craved anonymity, said Ikpi and some of his men were going for a raid in company with some residents when he met his untimely death.

The eyewitness said, “It was around 4am on Wednesday when Ikpi went for a raid in the community. But unknown to him, some hoodlums from Ikorodu had laid siege to the community.

“Because the community was enveloped in darkness at that time, the Inspector and his men were unaware of the hoodlums’ presence. Ikpi was hit by a bullet fired by the hoodlums.”

He said the other policeman, who died on Thursday, was cut with machete on Tuesday, when the hoodlums numbering over 100 first invaded the community.

“On Tuesday when the hoodlums struck, only four policemen were available. The hoodlums attacked the policemen to send signal to the community. Three of the policemen ran away, but the last one was inflicted with machete cuts.

“The policeman, who was initially rushed to a hospital in Ikorodu, died today (Thursday),” the eyewitness said.

PUNCH Metro learnt that some of the hoodlums were members of the Imowo Nla community.

A community leader, who did not want his name mentioned, said, “Some of them are our children. They have aligned with some criminals to unleash mayhem on the community because they do not have the freedom to sell lands anyhow in the community.

Because of the invasion by the hoodlums, residents have fled their homes.

A resident, who identified himself as Wale, said fear had pervaded the entire area as the hoodlums usually come out in the night to unleash havoc.

It was learnt that some of the hoodlums had been arrested by the police.

It was learnt that officers of the Police Mobile Force and men from Area N command overpowered some of the hoodlums and arrested an unspecified number of them.

Head of Ifegbua Family in Imowo Nla, Chief Ishaka Aborisade, appealed to the relevant authorities to ensure permanent security presence in the community.

Aborisade said if not for the heavy police presence in the area, the casualties would have been unimaginable.

He urged the government to investigate those unleashing mayhem on the community.

When PUNCH Metro visited the community on Thursday, it was observed that the small community was heavily guarded by fierce-looking policemen drawn from the Mobile Unit and from Area N command.

http://www.punchng.com/metro/residents-flee-as-hoodlums-kill-policemen-injure-many/

Looks like it's open season on the police in this country, as no week goes by without news of them being targeted by all sorts of criminals and thugs.

The main problem i see is the large number of idle and unemployed youth all over the country; anyone that's actively engaged in one job or the other wouldn't have the time to plan an ambush on police for whatever reason.

[color=#000099][/color]The eyewitness said, “It was around 4am on
Wednesday when Ikpi went for a raid in the
community. But unknown to him, some hoodlums
from Ikorodu had laid siege to the community.
Eye witness by 4am?! Dem no dey sleep ni?!

Policemen all the time. 'em go soon die finish.

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The jobless masses don launch an offensive on the police...Like joke like joke we don dey slip into anarchy...

Not again!

RIP... Hope say you were a good officer when you were alive

Killing policemen is now a sport in Nigeria. We're in serious trouble.

Smh!

Land grabbers....

When you finish selling all that you most probably have

And your children have to buy back the Lands you sold,

Then you just may realise that your elders were right to have resisted you.


FIND A JOB.


BOTTOMLINE;

There is a God in charge of payback. . . .The police force has too much blood of innocent Nigerians on their hands.Good for them.

There's nothing more I can say

make police employ some omabtse mehn nah @ leats it will reduce casualities..i don tayad for all dis news sef..smh ah tot lasgidi is a peaceful state sef! Somebody should call d IG for me nw.....

Kaxmytex: dis 1 na season film o
omo onile vs policemen

u and ur fish brain sef!! Ah wish u b ikpi ikpi sef

Once upon a time, robbery gangs hardly exceeded 7 - 10 people on d average. These days, you hear of robbery gangs numbering about 50! 100! Seriously?? So the spate of unemployment and insecurity has gotten to a stage where 50 people will sit down and plan mayhem. Unless the root causes of insecurity such as unemployment and social security are addressed, bokoharam will continue to thrive in d north, kidnappers and robbers will continue to have a field day in the south. But unemployment and insecurity cannot be effectively addressed when the lawmakers are collectively earning billions every month, when billions is still bein used to bribe niger delta millitants in d name of amnesty, when people are still illegally earning billions from overinflated unnecessary pipeline security contracts and the rest. Something solid and concrete needs to be done fast, or else a large number of the close to 40 million unemployed members of the population will continue to make life difficult for the remaining 130 million people.

They delight in killing police as if they are not human,

one thing i know is that their sin will find them one day.

strangest: RIP... Hope say you were a good officer when you were alive

The only good policeman (and woman) is a dead one.

And yes, i have some of them as relations.

Y dose it 've to be my brother?
Brave man...
R.I.P
Died in d line of duty.

Those who arrested should give life imprisonment.i dont know what is strong with useless (omo onile).so,Police dont have respect in Nigeria again.

tempilo2k: [color=#000099][/color]The eyewitness said, “It was around 4am on
Wednesday when Ikpi went for a raid in the
community. But unknown to him, some hoodlums
from Ikorodu had laid siege to the community.
Eye witness by 4am?! Dem no dey sleep ni?!

lol..... Eyewitness na part of d hoodlums

Wonder what this country is turning into. From BH terrorists in the north, ombatse militia in the middle belt, hudlums and kidnappers in the south etc. What kind of stretch on the nigerian police is this? Well, that‘s the sacrifice they swore make. So help them God!!!

Police man are now turkey

All HUMAN LIFE is sacred.
Tell me, when did we lose our sense of HUMANITY?

"...good for them", some are even rejoicing over this policeman's death. SMH!!

Weting police dey find by 4am?, are they on duty by that time or part of the Arm Robbers? Imagine police come arrest my neighbour few day ago by 2am without uniform, cos he has misunderstanding with his girl friend and the police man is also dating that same girl.

Its payback time 4 d police:unlawful detention,extortion,
Accidental discharge,revealing d identity of informants,
And so many henious crime Police used to unleash on d
Society they r paid 2 protect.Its time 4 them to b on
The receiving end,its time 4 them to taste their own
Bitter pill.