Olusegun Omasan 
A photograph of the policeman attached to the Lagos State Police Command who killed a soldier identified as Corporal Saheed in Lagos has been revealed.
SaharaReporters had reported how the soldier in question was stabbed to death on Wednesday by the policeman.
The deceased was said to be on mufti when the incident occurred and he was attached to the 174 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Odongunyan in Ikorodu.
Subsequently, his colleagues decided to retaliate, launching an attack on the Ogijo Police Station where the mobile police officer allegedly responsible for killing the soldier was stationed.
The distance between Odogunyan and Ogijo is a few kilometres and the two communities are border towns between Lagos and Ogun states.
It was gathered that the soldiers burnt patrol vehicles and an armoured tank within the axis.
Speaking to SaharaReporters, a relative of the deceased soldier had said he got married a few months ago.
“He just got married a few months ago. I still spoke with him recently and told him to take care of his wife. It’s just so sad. He was so jovial and caring. He was staying in Gbagada and was loved by many people. The killer police officer must be prosecuted accordingly,” the relative had told SaharaReporters.
There is a history of clashes between police personnel and soldiers in Nigeria.
In 2022, a police officer was beaten to death by soldiers.
The soldiers who were all attached to the Army Ordinance Corps of the 81 Division Nigerian Army based in Ojo, descended on two policemen and beat them to a stupor, leading to the death of one of them.
The Nigerian Army in 2021 accused police officers of killing and brutalising some of its personnel.
In a letter dated November 23, 2021, to all formations and units, the Chief of Army Staff had called on military officers to “forward all recorded incidence of police brutality against personnel of the Nigerian Army.”
