By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Some suspected hoodlums have attacked a personnel of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps LAGESC who were on an official duty at Ketu – Alapere area of the state.
A 29 years old Kwara State Indigene was apprehended on Aminu Street in a bid to dislodge illegal traders, hawkers and cart pushers in the area.
The Corps Marshal of the Agency, CP Gbemisola Akinpelu (retd) who confirming the incident to Vanguard said, ‘‘while on operation, men of our Special Squad were attacked and one Aminu Ahmed, 29 from Kwara State and a resident of the area who stabbed our officer was apprehended.
“The activities of hoodlums who attack our officers on lawful duty is one too many and we remain unfazed by the activities of these evil elements who hurled projectiles at our operational trucks’’.
The Corps Marshal revealed that the suspected hoodlum stabbed one of the officers in the neck but for timely medical intervention, it would have resulted in death.
She further revealed that other miscreants that attacked the officers fled the scene as Ahmed remains the only one apprehended while a manhunt has been launched for the rest.
She stressed that the suspect has been handed over to the Nigeria Police for investigation and subsequent prosecution will take place.
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