The Lagos State police command says it has arrested four persons in connection with the murder of passenger in Lekki over N100 transport fare balance.
On May 12, the passenger, a sound engineer dentified as David Sunday and his friends were assaulted by a group of commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders.
Sunday was brutalised and later burnt to death by the mob.
The Police spokesman in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, said four suspects have been arrested and an investigation is underway.
“Four persons have been arrested and there is a manhunt ongoing for the fifth person; investigation is ongoing,” Mr Benjamin told Newsmen by telephone on Sunday.
Newsmen had reported that a social media user, via the Twitter handle, @thecoloredpen, revealed that a mob attacked a group of musicians in Lekki, along Admiralty road on Thursday evening.
She claimed that Sunday and his friend who mounted the motorcycle had an argument with the Okada rider, leading to the death of the passenger.
The witness said the argument got heated and other riders supported their colleague and pounced on Sunday and his friends, beating them till they became unconscious.
She said Sunday’s friends, Frank (saxophonist) and Philip (keyboardist) are currently receiving medical treatment in the hospital.
The incident coincided with the Sokoto mob attack against Deborah Samuel who was lynched by fellow students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Wamako.
The mob accused Samuel, a Christian, of denigrating Prophet Muhammad.
Samuel was violently stoned to death and set ablaze, sparking local international outrage that the government and security agencies and currently grappling with.
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