Tragedy in Lagos as a drunk police man kills three and then shoots himself

A drunk policeman attached to Mopol 22, Ikeja, who was on duty at Paulson Hotel demanded for a drink from customers and when two brothers whom were twins tried to caution him, he shot them and his friend, then killed himself. An eye witness said it played out like a movie, but happened within a minute. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joe Offor, confirmed the killings but said he had not yet received the full details of the incident.

The policeman was on duty at that hotel. He was attached to Mopol 22, Ikeja. He was drunk while on duty and he acted under the influence of alcohol.”

An angry mob, which later gathered at the scene of the tragedy, attempted to burn down the hotel and destroy properties within its premises.

As irate youths threw bottles and stones at the hotel, lodgers ran out of their rooms with their luggage and fled the scene. The hotel has been reportedly deserted by staff and guests.