Unrest may be building up in the Mile 2 area following the alleged killing of a yet-to-be-identified man by Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Enforcement Unit officials, popularly known as Taskforce.
A viral video on social media on Tuesday morning showed a bonfire suspected to have been set up on the expressway by youths in the area.
In the video, a man could be heard telling people to avoid the Mile 2 area, alleging that Taskforce officials had killed a man.
The man said:
“Currently at mile 2. The task force has killed somebody. It’s a shutdown, and it’s a no-go area. Please avoid the Mile 2 area.”
However, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, also known as Taskforce, Raheem Gbadeyanka, said the agency’s officials were not at the scene.
“It’s not us. Our men are not there,” he told Punch.
On his part, the spokesman of the Lagos state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said police officers had been deployed to the scene while reacting to the video.
I can confirm that police patrol teams have arrived at the scene. Obstacles are being cleared, and the free flow of traffic picking up again. Further updates to follow,” Hundeyin said on micro-blogging platform X.
Hundeyin also said the Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa, has arrived at the scene, and investigation into the killing of a driver has commenced.
