Policemen in show of shame in Lagos (Nigerian Compass) Tunde Ogundeji

POLICEMEN are out in every society to keep the peace, and maintain law and order.But the story was different in Lagos yesterday, as three policemen engaged in a brawl at Ajegunle, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, endangering the lives of hundreds of road users with their AK 47 rifles held carelessly as they exchanged blows.

People were seen scampering for safety, and nobody could tell what caused the fight, which got so messy that the policemen wrestled and dragged themselves on the ground.The fight caused a heavy traffic build up that lasted for hours on both sides of the road.

The three fighters are corporals serving in the elite Mobile Police Force.Some motorists and hawkers, who could have intervened, were afraid of the guns they were wielding while the fight was going on.One of them said: “We don’t really know the cause of the fight.

We just saw them fighting. Some of us tried to move in to know the cause of the fight but because of the way they they were holding their guns while still fighting, we were afraid of a case of accidental discharge.“It would have been better if they had handled the matter more maturely than to engage in a street fight.”[/right]

So how come they was no discharge be it accidental or otherwise, but if it were to be 'bloody civillians', they would so happily have shot to either kill or maim a hapless civillian with whose tax money they are being given the guns and fed to look very healthy. Is this not a clear proof that they do what they do deliberately knowing that their ilks (fellow policemen) will provide them cover and exit route. In the present instance, if any or either of them had shot the other, there would be no hiding place as it would have amounted to dog-eat-dog.

Meanwhile, there should be no pretence here, these guys should both face an orderly room trial and be summarily dismissed. Thereafter, they should be prosecuted for breach of the peace, obstruction and fighting in a public place contrary to all the relevant sections of the Nigerian Criminal Code. This is even more dangerous as their guns had the propensity of going off at any point in time and killing an innocent passer-by. Indeed these people are callous and should be summarily dealt with.

Roforofo fight over how to share the loot.

Hardbody. Word!!!

Its sad to hear this but there are still a few hard working policemen out there who put their lives on the line to protect us. Bad government and greedy politicians are the engineers of this

Hard boy y u soundin lyk ure nt a nigerian livin in nigeria.who told u dey aren't actim out a script properly pland in dia station so dat ppu can b distractd n atract atentn so dat dia remanin coleagues nt in uniform can rob ppu who dropd dia money n wares carelesly.if it woz actualy a real fight of cos dey'l av made use of dia guns.dnt dey shoot inocent ppu because of 2o naira in d slightest provocatn so y dint dey use dia guns.lwkmd! Police n dia antics ehnnn!naija 4 lyf!nice scope

I honestly can't see how nigeria will progress when i hear stories like this.

meeeen, this topic has been treated here. poster are u a copywriter

^^^^I thought as much