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The Lagos State Police Commands attention, was drawn to a video on social media, showing some Police Officers shooting two unarmed suspects who were arrested and already in their custody against the code of professional conduct and laws guiding how suspects in Police custody should be treated.
According to the Lagos State Police public Relations Officer DSP Bala Elkana, the Policemen identified as Inspector Fabiyi Omomayara, Sergeant Olaniyi Solomon, Sergeant Solomon Sunday and Corporal Aliyu Mukaila attached to Iba Division Patrol team.
He said, On the 19th of August 2019, at about 3:00pm Iba Police Station received a distress call from one Anugu Valentine ‘m’ of no 250 Agege motor road Mushin, that he was attacked by a group of armed men numbering about four on two motorcycles at Ipayi area, Iba and they dispossessed him of one iPhone max valued at #450,000.
DSP Bala futher revealed that, acting on information, the Divisional Police Officer Iba promptly deployed the Divisional Patrol team to the scene. Two of the armed robbers were arrested while two escaped. Two locally made pistols, six life cartridges and five expended cartridges were recovered from the suspects. The gang is said to be notorious for series of robberies in Iba and environs and were gallantly arrested.
However, the team went extreme by killing the suspects who were already in their custody instead of taking them to the Police Station, and allowing the normal process of investigation and prosecution as stipulated under the law. The act of extra judicial killings falls short of police professional standards and cannot be condoned by the Command.
The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu mni has ordered a thorough investigation into the incident. The Police Officers are currently subjected to internal disciplinary proceedings known as Orderly Room trial and if found guilty , they will be dismissed from the Force and will be handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba for prosecution in the court of Law.