Benjamin Hundeyin, the command spokesperson, confirmed the incident in a statement released on Wednesday.
A club bouncer, identified as Kingsley Otti, has been arrested by Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a suspected hoodlum to death in a club house in Lagos State.
The tragic incident occurred at a lounge on Ago Palace Way in Okota, where an altercation between Otti and the deceased escalated into a fatal attack in the club's car park around 3:30 am on Monday.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the command spokesperson, confirmed the incident in a statement released on Wednesday.
The statement partly reads, “On Monday, at about 11:30 am, the manager of a club and lounge, located at Ago Palace Way, Ago-Okota, reported to the Ago-Okota Division that on the same day at about 3:30 am, a yet-to-be-identified adult male, suspected to be a hoodlum, was allegedly stabbed by the club’s bouncer, one Kingsley Oti, during an altercation between them at the club’s car park.
"In the process, he became unconscious. He was rescued and rushed to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Mushin, where he was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.”
“The corpse has been removed and deposited at the Mainland General Hospital Morgue, Yaba, for autopsy,” he added.