One killed, seven arrested in Lagos communal clash – Police

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The Lagos State Police Command has reopened the Lagos-Badagry Expressway at the Otto-Ijanikin axis following a communal clash between youths of Ijanikin and Otto that left one person dead and multiple suspects in custody.

In a statement on Saturday signed by Police Public Relations Officer SP Abimbola Adebisi, the Command said the expressway, blocked for several hours, was cleared and normalcy restored at about 09:00 am.

The statement said, “The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, personally led a joint team of Police operatives and Tactical Squads from the Command to clear the blockage and reopen the Lagos-Badagry Expressway at the Otto-Ijanikin axis to traffic and other road users.”

During the clash, a man identified as Akinyemi Omo Akin was shot and later died in the hospital. On the circumstances of his death, the statement clarified, “From preliminary investigation, it is incorrect and untrue that the deceased died from a stray bullet from the Police.