The Lagos State Police Command has announced that an investigation into the murder of a naval rating in the state’s Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area on Sunday has begun.
According to reports, the rating, who until his death was serving at the Lagos Logistics Depot of the Navy, was shot dead by gunmen in the community.
The rating was said to be alone when the suspects perpetrated the crime.
According to sources, his colleagues had threatened to avenge his death, which had pushed residents and business owners in the community into a state of panic.
It was learnt that the rating’s corpse had been deposited at the Nigerian Navy Hospital morgue in Ojo.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who spoke on Monday, urged people in the community to go about their normal activities without fear, adding that a joint operation involving the Lagos State Police Command and the Nigerian Navy had commenced to track down the suspects.
Hundeyin said, “We have started an investigation but there has been no arrest yet. The naval authorities are aware and we are working together to unravel the circumstances that led to the shooting.”