Soldier assaults journalist over traffic dispute in Lagos

A writer with TheCable, Olalekan Fakoyejo, has recounted however helium was allegedly assaulted by a worker pursuing a disagreement linked to a postulation obstruction successful the Ogba country of Lagos State.

Fakoyejo, who serves arsenic Assistant Business Editor astatine the platform, narrated the incidental successful an interrogation connected Monday, explaining that helium was travelling successful a tricycle from Ikeja to Ogba connected Saturday erstwhile helium encountered the soldiers managing traffic.

He said the concern unfolded astir Pleasant Event Centre, disconnected Ajao Road successful Ikeja, wherever soldiers were controlling vehicular movement.

According to him, the confrontation began erstwhile a worker stopped different tricycle rider and ordered him to disembark and ascent onto the conveyance arsenic punishment, an enactment helium believed worsened the postulation situation.

“The worker was trying to punish a tricycle operator connected a antithetic lane. He asked the operator to measurement retired and ascent connected the extortion of his tricycle. What helium was doing was causing traffic, and I said this is causing traffic. I was connected different tricycle connected different lane, which was not acold from wherever the different tricycle was.

“The worker heard what I said, and helium dragged maine retired of the tricycle. He started threatening maine and ordered maine to spell conscionable his colleagues who were not adjacent to the incident. I refused to go, telling him I did thing wrong, and helium doesn’t person the close to bid maine to spell study myself to ...