Abducted policeman murdered

A policeman was abducted and killed on Monday following a confrontation between militant members of the Yoruba group Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and the police, news organisations reported on Tuesday. Official sources said the trouble started following the arrest of a man on Sunday for alleged theft and armed robbery, Lagos State Police Commissioner Mike Okiro was quoted as saying by ‘The Guardian’ newspaper. “A group of about 300 men stormed Bariga police station on the outskirts of Lagos, claiming they were members of the OPC and were there to effect the release of the member who was arrested by the police,” Okiro said. During Monday’s attack, the group kidnapped a superintendent of police, Afolabi Amao, according to ‘The Guardian’. The daily quoted Lagos State Police Command spokesman Fabulous Enyaosah as saying that an arrested suspect confessed that Amao’s body was thrown into a lagoon. The marine wing of the police force has been ordered to recover the body from the lagoon, the report added. Unofficial sources linked the reported killing of Amao to the disruption on Sunday of an OPC meeting by police, who allegedly shot dead one militant, ‘The Guardian’ reported. According to the BBC, there is an ongoing feud between the police and the OPC over the latter’s use of violence.