Army/Police faceoff:Normalcy returns to Badagry.
Normalcy seems to have returned to the ancient town of Badagry in Lagos State by Wednesday, despite Tuesday’s killing of four police officers by some yet-to-be identified assailants.
The Badagry Divisional Police Officer, the Divisional Crime Officer and two other police officers were killed on Tuesday following the shooting to death of an Army sergeant two days earlier.
The soldier, who was riding a motorcycle, was allegedly killed by policemen attached to the state security outfit, the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at a checkpoint.
People now go about their businesses as usual, signaling a return to normal life.
Meanwhile, the corpses of the DPO, CSP Salihu Samuel and the DCO have been removed.
The bodies of the officers, who were killed at Ibereko on Tuesday afternoon, were evacuated to Ikeja morgue shortly before midnight same day.
Commander of 9 Brigade, Ikeja, Brig.-Gen. Sanusi Muazu and the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Yakubu Alkali visited the scene and ordered the removal of the corpses.
On burial arrangements for the slain officers, the spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Jinadu Samuel said the Police High Command in Abuja would soon issue a statement on it.
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