Policeman Kills Twin Brothers, Their Friend, Himself in Lagos (Graphic Photos)

A tragic incident has left four bodies dead after a drunk and trigger-happy policeman wasted the lives of innocent men who came to celebrate the birthday of a friend.

bodies of the policeman and victims

 

A drunk policeman identified as Stephen James, on Saturday shot dead three male customers at a hotel in the Ketu area of Lagos State, reports Sunday Punch. 

 

According to the report, the policeman shot dead twin brothers identified as Taiwo and Kehinde Oyesunle and their friend known simply as Jeje who had come to the hotel to celebrate their birthday. The twins were the only children of their mother.

 

The tragic incident which happened outside the premises of Paulson Hotel on Anibaba Street around 4:20pm, threw the entire neighbourhood and its environs into chaos with passers-by and residents scampering in different directions.

 

According to eyewitnesses, trouble started when the police sergeant with Force number 217884, threatened to shoot customers if they failed to buy him an alcoholic drink. The policeman, who was said to be a habitual smoker of marijuana, however, felt offended after the victims – Taiwo, Kehinde and Jeje – cautioned him to comport himself as an adult and a responsible policeman.

 

The eyewitnesses said the policeman ambushed and killed the three young men, who were in their early 30s, as they stepped outside the hotel premises where they had gone to celebrate Jeje’s birthday.

 

face of the drunk policeman who shot the twins, their friend, before killing himself

 

When the gravity of his act dawned on him, the policeman reportedly shot himself in the chest and died. A guest at the hotel, who witnessed the killings, revealed that the policeman had boasted about wanting to kill people hours before the incident happened.

 

The customer, who identified himself only as Femi, said all efforts to pacify the policeman proved abortive as he kept fomenting trouble and harassing visitors with his gun all afternoon.

 

“I was in the bar when the policeman first came in and threatened to shoot customers if they failed to buy him drinks. He boasted that he felt like killing someone today, but other customers and I pleaded with him.

 

“When the three guys walked in and sat, he went to them and threatened them too. But the guys told him to calm down that they would take care of him but he should comport himself as a responsible police officer.

 

“Nobody knew he took offence with their statement. The police officer shot the three guys one after the other as they stepped outside the hotel before killing himself. The whole thing happened like a movie,” he said.

 

A former girlfriend to one of the slain twins revealed the twins were the only children of their parents. The lady, who was inconsolable said the twins were still mourning the death of their father who passed away in June 2014 when their lives were cut short.

 

She said: “I called them very early on Saturday morning not to go outside their compound after I dreamt of seeing blood. I called them again at about 2:00pm to warn them. The twins, however, decided to drive a vehicle a relation had just bought at about 3:00pm. They drove to Paulson Hotel.”

 

However, the incident attracted irate youths who threw bottles and stones at the hotel, lodgers had to run out of their rooms with their luggage before fleeing the scene. The hotel had been completely deserted by staff and guests because of the incident.

 

The youths also wanted to burn the corpse of the policeman, but policemen, who later got to the scene pleaded with them. Policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer of the Ketu Police Station arrived at the scene at about 5.30 pm to carry the corpses away. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joe Offor, confirmed the killings.

 

However, he said he had not yet received the full details of the incident. DSP Joe Offor said, “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.”