Lagos police arrest hammer-wielding attacker for attempted murder

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command arrested a suspect on Monday night for “using a hammer to inflict serious injury to the head of a 65-year-old man” around Pako Bus Stop, Iyana Ipaja.

In a statement posted on X.com on Tuesday, the RRS stated that officers on patrol witnessed the attack and intervened around 8:30 p.m. on Monday.

The statement partly read, “The suspect, Sodiq Ishola, 29 years old, was arrested around 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Iyana Ipaja area after he was restrained and arrested from inflicting further injuries to the head of his victim (name withheld).

“Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that the suspect and one accomplice trailed the victim and his wife from Lagos Island on a bike to Iyana Ipaja before Ishola descended on him.”

Ishola was said to have inflicted severe injuries to the head of his victim before RRS operatives on patrol arrested him.

The statement further read that the victim was rushed to the hospital, where he is receiving treatment, while the suspect was transferred to RRS Headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja.

The RRS Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, was also said to have directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department for further investigations.

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