Police Killed By Hoodlums In Lagos Was Preparing For His Retirement
The Police Officer, CSP Kazeem Abonde Sumonu, killed by hoodlums in Lagos yesterday was six months away from his retirement.
Until his death, he was attached to the Operations Department of the Lagos State Police Command.
Spokesperson CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu on Friday said his corpse has been deposited at the Yaba Mainland Hospital for autopsy.
Information reaching goldmyne.tv also noted that the DPO Ajao Estate, CSP Abdullahi Malla, and other Police officers equally sustained varying degrees of injuries while on a raid on criminal hideouts in Ajao Estate, Lagos.
The raid was going on successfully at the criminal hideouts with the tactical teams of the command comprising men drawn from RRS, Taskforce, Ajao Estate Division and other divisions carrying out raid of identified flashpoints and enforcing the ban on use of motorcycles in restricted areas in the estate and similar places in the state.
Events, however, took an ugly turn when other criminal elements and hoodlums in their large number laid siege to the exit of the estate and attacked the policemen with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons.
The officer was killed during this time.