Say what? The Nigerian Army has denied the involvement of its men in the
vandalism and burning of some BRT buses this morning at Palmgrove,
Ikorodu road.
Speaking with Premium Times, the Nigerian Army spokesperson, Olajide
Olaleye, blamed area boys for
the attack.
A battalion of Nigerian soldiers today took over the busy Lagos-Ikorodu
Road in the Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos to protest the death of
their colleague who reportedly died in an auto accident involving one of
the public buses known as “BRT." The soldiers assaulted commuters using
the public buses and set at least for buses ablaze. Also, a security
guard in the area was killed by the rampaging soldiers leading to a complete breakdown of laws and order in the area.
A BRT bus just killed a soldier
this morning at Palm groove, Onipanu, and his colleagues have stormed the area,
stopping BRT buses, beating the drivers including innocent passengers.
According to a source even onlookers are not spared. They have currently blocked a part of the road and are destroying any BRT bus in sight.