Some soldiers caused chaos in the Palmgroove area of Lagos yesterday. An eye-witness said trouble started when a BRT bus hit a soldier on a motorcycle which resulted to the death of the soldier. meanwhile, other soldiers immediately arrived the scene and have started stopping all BRT buses on the express at Palmgrove beating drivers and sending passengers out. Beating even passers-by who move too close to them or take pictures.
According the eye-witnesses who sent in the photos, two civilians were beaten up and a guy who was taking pictures was beaten and his phone smashed on the express road.
Then the soldiers started vandalizing the buses! According to the source, some soldiers left the express and took big sticks from women cooking by the road to break the glasses of the bus.Then one of them took stones and allegedly threw it into the crowd twice. Now the whole express is blocked. See photos from the chaos after the cut…
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