A commercial truck driver is battling to save his leg after he was shot by a police officer at a checkpoint along the Ketu-Epe-Ikorodu Road in Lagos.
The victim, Peter Francis, was returning home from work on June 12, 2026, when officers attached to the Ketu-Ereyun Divisional Police Station stopped his vehicle.
According to his lawyer, Olatunji Ajayi, who spoke with PUNCH Online on Saturday, Francis complied after officers instructed him to switch on his vehicle’s interior light.
He noted that an officer identified as Ibrahim allegedly demanded a ₦500 bribe, but Francis explained that he had spent his remaining cash on food, which was on the back seat of the Toyota Corolla.
“Without any provocation, a police officer identified as Ibrahim, who was part of the team, opened fire on the vehicle occupied by Mr. Peter Francis and his friend. One of the bullets struck Mr. Peter Francis in the leg, causing severe injuries and leaving him in excruciating pain,” the lawyer said.
He further alleged that the “officers fled the scene immediately after realising Francis had been hit,” leaving the injured driver without assistance.
The gunshot reportedly attracted military personnel attached to the Lagos State Food and Logistics Hub, who “pursued the fleeing officers to their nearby police station, brought them back to the scene and directed them to take the victim to the hospital.”
According to him, Francis was allegedly turned away by two hospitals before he was eventually admitted to the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Yaba, where he underwent emergency surgery.
PPRO Reacts
Meanwhile, our correspondent on Saturday, contacted the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, on the telephone interview.
The PPRO confirmed the shooting but stated that the official police narrative differs significantly from the version being presented by the victim and his lawyer.
“The officers involved have been detained for further questioning,” she said.
When asked about a meeting between the victim’s lawyer and Lagos State Commissioner of Police Fatai Tijani, as well as a petition filed on the matter, she said, “I cannot confirm that now but will do on Monday.”
DPO Reacts
When contacted by phone, the Divisional Police Officer of the Ketu-Ereyun Divisional Police Station, CSP Kalu Chijioke, countered the lawyer’s account, claiming instead that the victim is a criminal suspect.
“On June 12 at about 21.10hrs, our officers were on a stop and search duty opened because of a government school close by. We are on the Lagos-Ogun border.
