Lagos CP orders trial of 4 police officers for assaulting suspect

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the immediate orderly room trial of police officers for allegedly assaulting a suspect said to have resisted an arrest in the state.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

Hundeyin noted that the operatives of the command also arrested 27 people for allegedly assaulting police officers on lawful duty, including a traditional ruler.

He said Fayoade ordered the trial of the entire team of police officers who were seen in a viral video assaulting a suspect for allegedly resisting an arrest.

Orderly room trial is the first investigation process uniform personnel go through; whatever is the verdict will be enforced by the authority

Hundeyin stated that the Alausa Police Division had, on Monday, July 1, deployed its officers to Makinde Odewale Street, Oregun, Ikeja, after it received numerous complaints on the alleged “flagrant abuse of hard drugs”.

The police spokesperson noted: “The police officers, however, met stiff resistance leading to serious injury to one Inspector of police, who was stabbed in the head with a broken bottle.

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“The resisted suspects also assaulted the Olu of Alausa and the CDA Chairman. The injured Inspector has since been hospitalised.”

Hundeyin disclosed that a reinforcement team succeeded in arresting some suspects found with substances suspected to be illicit drugs.

He added that members of the team, however, adopted unprofessional, unethical, and uncouth methods in their bid to ensure the arrest of the mastermind of the attack on the police officer, which was captured in a video.

He said: CP Fayoade totally condemns the actions of the police officers as those actions are not in tandem with the values and professional ethics of the Nigeria Police.

“He equally condemns the actions of the youths in attacking police officers, warning that any person found culpable in this regard would definitely be dealt with in accordance with the law.”

The police spokesman noted that the arrested civilians were undergoing screening, adding that those found to be innocent would be set free.

Hundeyin assured of the command’s commitment to continually carry out its mandates of maintenance of law and order, prevention and detection of crime, apprehension and prosecution of criminals, among others.

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