A drunken policeman in Akure has stabbed nine people at a club in Ondo State.
The victims sustained various degrees of injuries.
The policeman, attached to Area Commander’s office, Akure, allegedly stabbed the victims who were said to be young men at a popular club located at Alagbaka, GRA , Akure, during a brawl that ensued among them.
According to eyewitnesses, the policeman, who has drank to stupor, started harassing the victims who had come to relax at the club.
Trouble ensue when the policeman began pestering and harassing one of the victims at the club.
According to a source at the club, it was so clear that the policeman, Orisadare was so drunk and was already becoming something else at the club.
“He won’t just listen to those trying to tell him to take things easy. It got to a point that things went awry as he started attacking everyone he could lay his hands on. In total, he stabbed nine people before he could be overpowered,”.
Another eyewitness at the scene said some of the victims of the attack were currently receiving treatment in various hospitals in Akure, while some were in critical condition.
However, the incident did not claim any life.
The Ondo state command, Police Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident and stated that everyone involved was engaged in a brawl.
Femi Joseph also disclosed that Mr. Orisadare, the alleged policeman was also injured in the fight and had been taken to the hospital.
“Investigations has been initiated in the case, but we can confirm that there was a fight between the policeman and the boys. All those involved in the brawl are already in the hospital receiving treatment. We will deal with our man, if at the end of the day we find he is culpable, because we don’t tolerate indiscipline in this Command.”
