Nigeria: Mayhem in Ikorodu, Community Villagers Arrest Soldiers

11 October 2004

Lagos — The soldiers never contemplated the reaction of the people. In the usual style of some of them, there were there to rain mayhem, wreak havoc on Igbopa village, a small community in Ikorodu, Lagos State, and may be sack it, having of course, being 'handsomely paid' to hide in their taxpayers' procured uniform to intervene on behalf of a party to a land dispute.

Dressed in military camouflage and full of confidence, the four alledged military personnel, who were armed with guns, invaded the village on September 26, expecting to meet little or no resistance. But the reverse was the case.

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