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Abubakar Ibrahim, 25; and 23-year-old Usman Ahmad, two commercial motorcycle riders suspected to have participated in the lynching of a zonal commander, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Olatunji Bakare, have been arrested.
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A mob in the Liverpool area of Apapa had killed the commander on December 15, 2016, in retaliation for the death of a motor boy, who was allegedly hit by a LASTMA van.
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Bakare, who led his men to the area to arrest erring motorists, was stoned until he gave up the ghost. After a video which revealed the dastardly act went viral, the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, petitioned the state police command to fish out the perpetrators.
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The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the two suspects, said the police were on the trail of others involved in the killing. He said, “Having analysed the video very well, two suspects, who have been identified positively, having matched the recording with their faces, have been apprehended.
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We will use them to get to others that took part in the gory act. We will do everything that needs to be done in terms of subjecting the report to forensic interpretation to ensure that innocent people are not made to suffer.” Crdt: Punchng
