Lagos CP Orders Trial Of Officers In Viral Video Assaulting Suspect During Raid

By HANNAH JOHNSON

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the immediate trial of police officers seen in a viral video assaulting a suspect during a drug raid on July 2, 2024, in the Oregun area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, describing the actions of the officers as “unprofessional and unethical”.

According Hundeyin, the raid, which aimed to arrest drug users and dealers, turned violent when the policemen met resistance.

The statement also disclosed that an inspector was stabbed in the head with a broken bottle, and the Olu of Alausa and CDA Chairman were assaulted.

While condemning the actions of the youth who attacked the police, Fayoade also criticised the reinforcement team’s unprofessional and unethical methods, which were captured on video.

The statement read, “Alausa Division of the Lagos State Police Command, having received numerous complaints on the flagrant abuse of hard drugs on Makinde Odewale Street, Oregun, mobilised some officers on July 2, 2024 to arrest the drug users and dealers.

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