Crime
Security guard kills colleague, cuts off his hand during night duty
The Lagos police command has arrested a Lagos State Polytechnic security guard who allegedly killed his colleague while they were both on night duty.
DSP Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said on May 24 at 7.00a.m, operatives of Shagamu Road Police Station, in collaboration with the Chief Security Officer of Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, arrested one Cletus Williams, a security guard with the institution, for allegedly killing his colleague, Okoro John, while they were on night duty.
“The suspect used a sharp knife to slash the throat of the victim and also chopped off his right hand,” Elkana said.
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