Mohammed Shosanya
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade,has invited a lawyer, Timothy Olamide Olaniyi,who alleged that a police officer assaulted him within the premises of the Lagos State Command headquarters.
The purpose of the invite is to facilitate appropriate actions on the officer,Benjamin Hundeyin
Police Public Relations Officer
Lagos State Command,said in a statement on Wednesday.
In the statement,Hundeyin claimed that investigations hitherto reveal that the lawyer had the encounter at about 0930 hours with some police officers who came from outside Lagos State to take over suspects arrested for them by the Lagos State Command. These visiting police officers have been summoned for an identification parade to enable the lawyer identify the police officer in question.
The Lagos State Police Command has been in constant touch with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) leadership, especially Chukwuka Ikwuazom SAN who leads the Security Agencies Relations Committee (SARC) of the Association,he also said.
According to him,the NBA has been assured that the Command would leave no stone unturned to identify the officer behind the unprofessional act and mete out appropriate sanctions as the alleged misconduct is totally condemned and against the ethics of the Nigeria Police Force.
He added:”The Command uses this medium once again to encourage Lagosians to reach out to the Complaint Response Unit (lagos.npf.gov.ng) or any senior officer (in person or via the already publicised phone numbers) when they have complaints against police action”.
