Safiu Kehinde
No fewer than four soldiers attached to Myoung Barracks in the Morocco area of Shomolu, Lagos, are feared dead, while several others were injured as a suspected drunk driver rammed into them.
The driver suspected to be an internet fraudster had alongside his friends rammed into the unsuspecting soldiers during their morning physical training in the early hours of Friday.
According to a post on X, one of the soldiers recounted how he escaped the tragic incident.
He confirmed that two of suspected drunk yahoo boys were arrested while one fled following the incident which occurred near the Myoung Barracks Army Sports Camp.
“There’s blood everywhere. I was spared because I was at the back.” he said.
He added that the two apprehended men were beaten to a stupor, with their vehicle vandalized.