Court remands five suspects for killing Lagos policeman

The defendants, Shakiru Shittu, Kadir Shonoki, Shadiku Adeola, Taofeek Aluko, and Adekunle Onasanya, were remanded by Magistrate P. E. Nwaka, on two counts of conspiracy and murder.

The prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on April 6, 2023, at the Emuren Junction, Imota, in the Ikorodu area of the state. It was disclosed that the defendants and some police officers on official duty were engaged in a gun duel when the police officer was shot.

The prosecutor said, “The Divisional Police Officer at Imota received a distress call from one ASP Adamu Audu that they were being attacked by some unknown gunmen at Emuren Junction on that day, and during the attack, the defendants shot and killed ASP M Aniaguru. “They also collected his AK 47 rifle with 10 rounds of ammunition and that of another officer on patrol duty with him that same day.”

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