Pandemonium as Soldiers Attack Lagos Officials

There was pandemonium on Wednesday at Murtala Muhammed Way, Yaba after some soldiers allegedly attacked policemen attached to the Lagos State special security outfit, the Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit.
It was learnt that the soldiers used bottles and stones to attack the task force officials.

They were also said to have punctured two tyres of the Black Maria belonging to the unit with knives.

According to eyewitnesses, trouble started when the task force officials, who were on patrol, accosted the driver of a commercial bus for obstructing traffic flow.

However, a soldier who was sitting in the bus snatched the key from the driver to prevent the officials from taking the bus away.

After few minutes of heated arguments, the soldier was said to have called for assistance from an army base not far from the scene of the trouble.

Within minutes, many soldiers trooped out from the base and began to throw stones and other objects at the task force officials.

Culled from PUNCH