MANY soldiers having their physical drills at the Myoung Barracks in Yaba, Lagos, have been feared dead after a drunken driven rammed into them.
The incident occurred on Friday morning causing panic within the Nigerian Army Community in the Yaba and Ojuelegba areas.
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It was gathered a vehicle with three occupants, all suspected to be intoxicated, lost control and drove into the soldiers doing their routine physical exercise at the Army Sports Camp.
This newspaper gathered that a lot of the soldiers sustained serious injuries with blood splashed all over the place.
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It was gathered that as soon as the accident occurred, one of the occupants of the vehicle fled but the other two were apprehended.
Their vehicle was also allegedly vandalised by the mob, which accused them of being suspected Yahoo Boys.
The wounded soldiers, it was gathered, were rushed to the nearby Army Hospital.
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Spokesman for the Nigerian Army in Lagos, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni confirmed the incident and promised to provide details later.
“It is true there was an accident this morning but I will provide details later,” he said.
