Mob beats Lagos DCO to a pulp for shooting passenger – Punch Newspapers

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Samson Folarin

There was confusion in the Alapere area of Ketu on Sunday after the Divisional Crime Officer of Sagamu Road Police Division, Ikorodu, SP Opawoye Adetunji, allegedly shot a bus passenger.

Adetunji was said to have been attacked by a mob, who beat him to a pulp.

The police officer was reportedly rushed to a hospital after he passed out.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the police officer and a commercial bus driver had had an argument at Iyana Ile-Iwe bus stop after the driver reportedly drove recklessly.

After a fight, the man had entered his bus and was driving away when Adetunji allegedly opened fire on the vehicle, which hit the yet-to-be-identified passenger.

A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that the incident happened around 3pm, adding that the police officer was in mufti.

He said, “The police officer stopped a Volkswagen Vanagon….



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