Lagos State Police Command (2024)

20/12/2019

19th December, 2019
Press Release
Police Arraigned 14 Traffic Laws Violators in Mobile Court and impounded 16 Vehicles
On 18th December, 2019, Lagos State Police Command arraigned 14 Traffic Offenders in Mobile Court for various traffic offences. The Offenders are: Oscar Bright King, Ibitoye Olumide, Nicholas Elaeeka , Solomon Anuka, Emmanuel Tochukwu, Onyeka Frank, Tunde Abubakar, Alex Otabor, Moruf Kareem, Akala Gani, Taiwo Bolade, Okechukwu Ebano Uzodu and Tijiani Richard. The vehicles impounded include: 4 Volkswagen commercial Buses, Hyundai Santage KTU 332 BH, Toyota Sienna Bus YAB31PP, Honda Accord BDG492EV, Nissan Bus KTU 832XR, 2 Toyota Hiace Buses AKD16XT, Mazda 6 car L*D 729FW, Honda Ridgeline, Toyota Camry, Volvo car, Lexus Car KSF 10 Fu, and Mini Commercial Bus EKY 170XV. The clamp down on traffic laws violators, especially Vehicles driving against traffic (one way) code named ‘Traffic must flow in Lagos ‘ will be sustained until sanity is restored to our roads. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu psc, enjoined Motorists to obey traffic laws at all times.
DSP Bala Elkana
Police Public Relations officer,
Lagos State.

03/12/2019

3rd December, 2019
Press Release
CP Odumosu rescued a Corp Member Abducted at Epe and arrested the kidnapper
The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu psc coordinated the rescue operation of one Onyiwara Chinwe Faith a Corp member serving at ABC Farm, Ilamija Nla Village. The Corp member was rescued at about 2.20am today in a swamp forest around Ilamija Nla in Epe after a gun battle. The kidnappers ring leader Moses Ofeye 31 years old from Ondo State, of Ijaw origin, was arrested with gun wounds. The victim was taken to hospital for medical attention due to the shock and trauma she experienced and long distance trek. But she is in stable condition. She has just been handed over to the Lagos State Coordinator of the NYSC and her family by the Commissioner of Police.
2. Onyiwara Chinwe Faith was abducted on 29/11/2019 while on her way to attend CDS meeting at Ilamija, Epe. The abductors demanded for the ransom of but later reduced to #400,000 from the Farm Manager to be dropped at Ijebu Ososa area. But no ransom was paid.
3. The Lagos State Coordinator of the NYSC and family of the rescued Corp member were filled with gratitude to the Commissioner of Police for rescuing their daughter alive.
DSP Bala Elkana
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State.

22/11/2019

CP Lagos State with AIG Zone 2 Lagos on emergency meeting at Zone 2 Headquarters. Discussing security and traffic situations in Lagos State.

21/11/2019

21st November, 2019
Press Release
CP Declared a State of Emergency on Traffic in Lagos…..Deployed 1000 Additional Personnel
The Commissioner of Lagos State Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu has on Wednesday declared a state of emergency on traffic management and control in the State. This is barely two day when he took over as Commissioner of Police, Lagos State. He ordered the immediate deployment of additional one thousand Police Officers to traffic duties. The CP took the decision during an emergency meeting he summoned in the Command Headquarters to review the current traffic situation in the State. In attendance were Deputy Commissioners of Police Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Operations, Criminal Investigation Department and Rapid Response Squad. Also in attendance were Area Commanders, Area Operations Officers, State Traffic Officer, Divisional Traffic Officers across the State and the Chairman Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special offences, among others. The CP also reviewed the time for duty report for Traffic Officers to take care of the peak hours. Traffic duties Officers will be run shifts between 10am and 10pm while the second shift will be 10pm to 10am, providing 24hours coverage. They will all operate in their usual reflective jackets.
The measure will help in ensuring free flow of traffic and will also curb the menace of traffic robbery. The Commissioner of Police calls on Lagosians to accord the Police Officers on traffic duties maximum cooperation in the discharge of their statutory duties. All road users are enjoined to obey traffic laws.
DSP Bala Elkana
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State.

15/11/2019

CZ:5650/LS/PPRO/VOL.3/68 15th November, 2019.
Press Release
CP Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu Assumes Duty as Commissioner of Police, Lagos State.
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu NPM, mni has ordered the Posting of CP Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu to Lagos as Commissioner of Police. This is contained in a signal dated 14th November, 2019 signed by the Force Secretary. CP Odumosu is taking over from AIG Zubairu Muazu mni who was recently promoted from Commissioner of Police to Assistant Inspector General of Police and posted to Force Headquarters Abuja as AIG in charge of Counter Terrorism Unit.
CP Hakeem Odumosu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Bachelor of Law degree and Master Degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from the National Open University of Nigeria. He also holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Lagos State University. Others include: Post Graduate Diploma in Security Management and Operations, Advanced Diploma in Law Enforcement Administration, and Higher Diploma in Terrorism Studies from University of Lagos; and Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations and Marketing from Nigeria Institute of Journalism.
CP Odumosu was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on 3rd March, 1990 as cadet ASP and rose through the ranks. It is worthy of note that, CP Odumosu has a vast experience in operations, investigations and administration. He started his policing career as Operations Officer in Isokoko, Ketu and Satellite Divisions as well as Area D Command, Mushin, Lagos. He was the Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences, Governor’s Office, Alausa, Ikeja. He equally served as the Officer in Charge, Pensions Office in Edo and Ogun States. He was in charge of Research and Planning Department, Kaduna State Command.
CP Odumosu was one time Commander, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State Command and Area Commander, Akwanga, Nasarawa State. He was Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations, Western Ports Authority Command, Lagos and Area Commander, Agodi Area Command, Oyo State. He was Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations (FEDOPS), and Deputy Commissioner of Police Administration, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters Abuja. He was Commissioner of Police, Department of Research and Planning and Commissioner of Police (Inspectorate), Department of Training and Development, Force Headquarters Abuja. He served as the Commissioner of Police, Edo State and later Commissioner of Police, Finance and Administration, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters Abuja. He was a member and Head of Enforcement Unit of the Presidential Taskforce on the Restoration of Law and Order on Apapa gridlock, Lagos.
CP Odumosu belongs to various Professional Bodies. He is a Follow, Institute of Corporate Administration and a Fellow of International Institute of Professional Security. He is an active member of International Association of Chiefs of Police and a member of Institute of Public Administration of Nigeria. He is a multiple awards winner.
CP Odumosu is very much familiar with Lagos terrain and there is no doubt, he will bring his wealth of experience to bear in piloting the affairs of the Command. The good people of Lagos State are enjoined to accord the new Commissioner of Police maximum supports.
DSP Bala Elkana,
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State.

25/08/2018

PRESS RELEASE
ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION, DPO RECALLED, CP ORDERS PROBE

The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi, has been drawn to the Punch Newspaper publication of Friday, August 24, 2018, captioned " Power-drunk Lagos DPO leads team to mosque, raid adherents, others."

The reporter mentioned that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Pen Cinema Police Division, Lagos State, Harrison Nwabuisi, has been conducting raids during which he allegedly arrested innocent residents and extorted money from them. He further reported that the police operation took place on Wednesday, being the last day of the Sallah holiday, at Alimi Ogunyemi Street, in the Ifako Ijaiye area and mentioned one Sheriff Aranjure as a prime witness to the alleged extortion by the DPO.

Sequel to the allegation, the CP has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, DCP Yetunde Longe, to investigate the officer and other ranks against whom the allegation was made. He equally directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, DCP Elkanah Ayuba, to recall the DPO to the Command Headquarters to allow unbiased investigation into the matter.

The Command is therefore appealing to Mr. Sheriff Anjure, said to be a vital and indeed other witnesses in the matter, to make themselves available to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, SCIID, Panti Yaba, to assist police investigation.

While recognising the fact that raiding is a major crime fighting strategy of the police, given that it enables proactive intervention into a budding problem, the CP however said, that it must be purposeful, corruption free and Intelligence driven.

He therefore assures members of the public that if the allegation is true, any officer or men found culpable in the matter, would be appropriately sanctioned in accordance with the relevant sections of the Police Act.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

20/08/2018

PRESS RELEASE
SON ATTEMPTS KILLING MOTHER FOR MONEY RITUAL

The sleepy town of Ayobo, on the outskirts of Lagos was on Sunday 19/08/2018, greeted with the gory sight of a helpless mother whose face and skull was badly battered by her son in his morbid attempt to advance his cyber fraud business ( yahoo.com) to the bloody or ritual level (yahoo plus).

The incident took place on the aforementioned date, at about 0830hrs, at No.2 Raji Ajanaku street, Alaja Road, Ayobo, Lagos, inside the flat the suspect,Taiwo Akinola, age 29 years lives with his mother, Mrs Alice Iyabo Akinola and her grandchild Master Faruk, age 14 years.

In a carefully thought out plans to kill his mother, Taiwo, said to be staunch member of the notorious Aiye confraternity, went to the victim's provision store in front of their apartment and told his mother to meet him inside the house for an important discussion and at same time sent his nephew, Faruk to go buy him a white handkerchief and a stick of cigarette.

As soon as the victim entered the house, the suspect attacked her, smashing her head with a plank, pressing iron and a UPS charger to ensure she didn't survive the ferocious attack.

When Faruk returned from the errand, he didn't see his grandmother in the shop so he went into the house only to see the poor woman lying in a pool of blood. Shocked by what he saw, the small boy raised the alarm which attracted neighbours to the scene.

They called the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ayobo Division who arrived the scene with his team and promptly arrested the suspect and secured the scene for further investigation by the police forensic experts attached to the Homicide section SCIID Panti, Yaba .

The victim was rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment and was found to be hanging onto life. Right now, the doctors are battling to revive Mrs Alice Akinola presently unconscious . Meanwhile the CP has paid the initial hospital cost which enabled the doctors to commence treatment.

During a brief interrogation, the suspect disclosed that he was asked to kill his mother in order to have more money. When his room was searched, the following exhibits were recovered in it, viz:
1. Two calabashes with one containing human skull and the other, a mixture of dark concoction;
2. A plank perforated with nails and stained with blood;
3. A pressing iron stained with blood;
4. A white handkerchief with which he wanted to scoop the victim's blood;
5. A bottle containing oil and labelled Back To Sender;

The Commissioner of Police calls on Lagosians to rise against all forms of crime and criminality. He added that the Command defeated the Badoo cult group with the help of people who provided credible and timely information to the police . He added that the time has come to root out the street cult groups. He notes that complacency is not an option in the face of threat to peace and security posed by these nefarious associations.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

19/08/2018

PRESS RELEASE
CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST: WHEN THE SECURITY MAN IS THE THIEF

On the strength of the complaint to the commissioner of police, Lagos state, CP Imohimi Edgal, by the proprietress of a notable private school in the state, that attempts were made on four different occasions, between April and July 2018, to steal money from the school account. she further alleged that within that period, she received four debit transaction alerts of various sums of money ranging from nine hundred thousand Naira (N900,000.00), eight hundred thousand Naira (N800, 000.00), one hundred and fifty thousand (N150,000) and six hundred thousand Naira (N600,000.00) respectively. She therefore requested the police to unravel the person's behind the crime.

Sequel to to her complaint, the Commissioner of Police mobilised a crack team of detectives from the State Intelligence Bureau led by CSP Vera Ameh to fish out the brains behind the attempt to commit the felonious act to wit stealing.

Through diligent investigation, one Oyekunle Abolarin, male, 42 years, of No.4 Shoyebo street, Alapere, Ketu, a native of Omuaran, Kwara state, a security guard at the college was arrested.

During interrogation, he confessed to the stealing of four different cheque leaves belonging to the school. He thereafter called in his brother-in-law, one Are Jerry Bankole, a native of Iffe Ikoyi town of Ijumu LGA, Kogi state, who provided the Diamond bank account used in the attempt to withdraw the various amounts.

The suspect, Kunle Abolarin told the police that he regrets his actions against his boss whom he claimed awarded scholarships to his four children.

Both suspects are currently in police custody and are helping in further investigation of the case.

The Commissioner of Police, advises employers of labour to do a thorough profiling of their employees to avoid incidences of this nature and keep their cheque books and ATM cards away from unauthorised persons.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

19/08/2018

PRESS RELEASE:
LAGOS POLICE COMMAND ARREST YOUTHS FOR BURNING DISUSED POLICE VEHICLE, CP WARNS

Today, August 16, 2018, some youths from Olumokun community in Amukoko area of Ajegunle, engaged the youths of Layinka street, Ajegunle, in a free for all fight on the streets of the sprawling community. Weapons of various descriptions were freely used by the hoodlums during the clash .

In the melee, policemen from Ajeromi Police station, Ajegunle, quickly intervened but under a strict warning from the Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, not to use their fi****ms.

However, the youths of Olumokun community, Amukoko while retreating, stumbled on a disused police patrol car parked under the bridge at Layeni and set it ablaze.

To avoid reprisals, the Commissioner of Police directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations to engage the traditional heads (Bale) of the various communities in Ajegunle in dialogue to ensure that the peace in the area is no longer breached by hoodlums masquerading as youths.

The CP warns that henceforth attempts to burn police property will be viewed as arson and the police might be forced to use maximum force to prevent that from happening.

The area is calm while a contingent of policemen from the Police Mobile Force and Op Mesa are on ground to ensure security.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

17/08/2018

PRESS RELEASE

SALLAH CELEBRATION, CP LAGOS DEPLOYS ADDITIONAL 1000 POLICEMEN

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Imohimi Edgal, has directed the deployment of additional 1000 policemen for the upcoming Eid El Kabir holiday to boost the number of men designated for that purpose in the Command's Operations Order.

This is to ensure a hitch free Sallah celebration through effective coverage of the prayer grounds, holiday spots and the neighbourhoods.

In addition, specialised units like the Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD), the Canine section (Police dogs), the Airsurpport unit, Marine police and the Mounted troops (Horsemen ), have been activated and sufficiently mobilised to guarantee security during the holidays.

The CP assures Lagosians that the Command is committed to their security before, during and after the holiday. He wishes Muslim faithfuls happy Eid El Kabir celebration and admonishes the city dwellers to be security conscious and enjoy moderately during the holiday.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

14/08/2018

PRESS RELEASE
LAGOS POLICE COMMAND ARRESTS TWO TRAFFIC ROBBERY KINGPINS

Two notorious traffic bandits that had been terrorising road users along Maza Maza/Mile 2 road have been nabbed by the undercover operatives of the Command posted to provide security for commuters along that route.

The two robbers, David Mike Okon, 32 years and Ibe Okonne, 27 years, who had been on the watch list of the command were arrested on the 11th of August, 2018 while robbing a lady identified simply as Oluwatosin around Mile 2.

They had succeeded in dispossessing the victim of her phone and other valuables before they were arrested by the eagle eyed policemen attached to Raider team, Area E Command, Festac town, who had observed uneasiness in the woman's encounter with the suspects.
The suspects in their statements to the police owned up to the crime while the stolen items have been returned to the owner.

To forestall incidences of traffic robbery along Maza Maza/Mile 2 and Oshodi/ Airport Road, the CP Lagos has deployed additional teams of undercover operatives and motorised patrol teams to beef up security in the area.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

12/08/2018

PRESS RELEASE:
A MEMBER OF A GANG WHO LURED A LADY VIA FACEBOOK, ROBBED AND R***D HER ARRESTED.

Sometime in the month of July, 2018, a young woman ( name withheld ) became friends with one Richard Samuel Gbenga on Facebook unknown to her that he is a ra**st and an armed robber.

They interacted a couple of times, getting to know each other. However on August 4, 2018, the said Richard Samuel Gbenga invited the young woman for a dinner and she accepted. She further told him where they would meet before taking off for the dinner.

The suspect arrived at the agreed take off point in a Toyota Camry saloon car registration number JJJ 406 DL driven by one Ayo Salau, a member of his robbery gang.

On their way to Lekki, they pulled over at a lonely spot, armed with cutlasses, they ordered her to take off clothes or be killed. Seeing she was naked, they took turns to r**e her after which they robbed her of her wristwatch and cash.

The moment the hoodlums left, the victim raised alarm and gave description of their car. Police operatives attached to Maroko Division were alerted and immediately they laid ambush for the fleeing criminals.

As soon as the police operatives stopped their vehicle, the criminals took to their heels. The officers chased them and arrested Ayo Salau while his partner in crime, Richard Samuel Gbenga escaped.

The suspect had since been identified by the victim and he confessed to have committed the crime. He added that his fleeing partner recruited him for the job.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi cautions the youths especially young women to beware of people who may use the social media to take advantage of them. He assures that the long arm of the law will surely catch up with the fleeing suspect.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

12/08/2018

PRESS RELEASE:
FOR DANIEL EKWEREKWU THE THIEF, IT WAS A DAY OF RECKONING.

If Daniel Ekwerekwu an indigene of Aguleri, Anambra state, (going by the voter's card recovered from him), knew what fate had in stock for him at the early hours of today 12/08/2018, perhaps, he may have chosen another day to go vandalising people's cars.

Nemesis caught up with the said Daniel Ekwerekwu at Okungade street, Mende-Maryland, Ikeja, where he went on a perilous mission of car vandalisation to wit stealing of car body/engine parts.

However, at about 0604hrs, one of the owners of the cars being vandalised woke up to prepare for church service only to see Daniel vandalising his car.

He raised alarm which attracted a police patrol team from Anthony Police Division on neighbourhood patrol as well as neighbours. They chased after the thief who ran into a building. He tried to scale the fence but unfortunately for him, his hands slipped off the wall and he landed on a cemented floor breaking his skull as a result.

When the police searched his trousers pocket, they recovered a voter's card bearing his name and picture.

He was taken to Mainland Hospital Yaba where he was confirmed dead. The body was thereafter deposited at the hospital's morgue for autopsy.

The Commissioner of Police once again wishes to encourage Lagos communities that are yet to form neighbourhood vigilante groups to do so. The CP promises that once the vigilante group meets the requirements of the law, the Command will recognise it and back them up with armed policemen since vigilante groups are not allowed to bear fi****ms.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

31/07/2018

PRESS RELEASE:
COUPLE, SON, GIRLFRIEND, ARRESTED FOR STEALING.

When Mrs Folashade Odunuga of No. 8 Ade Onitiri, Harmony Estate, Langbasa, Ajah, embarked on a 3-month vacation which commenced on May 27, 2018, little did she know that her apartment would be broken into and her household property including her car, stolen by eighteen-year-old Tega Teddy aided by his parents Mr. Uroye Teddy, 45 years old and his mother Mrs. Margaret Teddy. Also fingered in the offence is Tega's girlfriend, one Karima Edom, a close neighbour of the victim who allegedly passed information of the victim's absence from home to her boyfriend.

The stealing had been going on for weeks until the victim's househelp, one Eniola Abisola visited her mistress' house and discovered that a lot of items were missing. She couldn't understand how the thieves entered the apartment as all doors to the house remained closed.

She immediately alerted the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of Langbasa Division, SP. Adaobi Okafor who mobilised her detectives to check on all in the neighbourhood whose names are in the station's watch list.

When the detectives checked on Tega, they saw the stolen Chevrolette Aveo saloon car with registration number AKD 512 AP, parked in the front his parents' house at New Osho layout, Langbasa. He was promptly arrested.

During interrogation, he revealed that he entered the victim's house through the ceiling and gradually, he began to pack the household items to his father's house. He narrated that his mother helped him to hide the stolen items in an uncompleted building while his girlfriend Karima, hid some in her house. The suspect, Tega, further revealed that his father went with him to the victim's house to tow the aforementioned car. It was seen that Mrs Margaret Teddy had put the stolen properties for sale.

Exhibits recovered from the suspects include: Chevrolette saloon car reg no. AKD 512 AP, 42 inches flat screen TV, LG Home theatre sound system, electric generator, one standing fan, 5 leather bags, an iPad baby shoes and other personal items.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, charges Lagosians to take their personal security seriously by ensuring that their houses are entrusted in the hands of trusted relations, friends or aides whenever they travel. He admonished that people should go back to our old way of visiting their neighbours to check on them. He added that if that was the case in this instance, Teddy and his girlfriend Karima wouldn't have had the effrontery to cook, eat and wine in Folashade Odunuga's house during her long absence from home.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command

27/07/2018

PRESS RELEASE:
OTEDOLA BRIDGE TANKER FIRE, TRUCK OWNER ARRESTED

Homicide detectives from the State Criminal Investigation And Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti Yaba, assigned to investigate the multi fatal motor accident that occurred on 28/06/2018, along Lagos/Ibadan expressway by Otedola bridge, inward Ibadan, have arrested the truck owner, by name, Hassan Yusuf Maiwake, male.

The truck with registration number NSR 888 YQ, driven by a yet to be identified suspect, laden with petroleum product, lost control, spilling its content and went up in flame, burning 56 vehicles and killing 9 unidentified persons. Meanwhile, the owner of the truck, Hassan Maikwe of No.16 Hotoro Limawa, Kano state, was arrested yesterday, 26/07/2018, in Kano and he is now helping the police in its effort to locate the driver of the ill-fated truck.

The CP assures that the Command will do all it can to help families who lost their beloved ones in the accident, find a closure by ensuring that anyone found culpable is brought to book.

DNA test to ascertain the true identities of the charred remains of the victims is ongoing. Further development will be communicated to Lagosians.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

26/07/2018

PRESS RELEASE:
CP LAGOS ORDERS ARREST OF FOUR POLICEMEN FOR INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi, yesterday ordered the arrest of four policemen alleged to have fired some shots at the airport tollgate, hitting one Tunde Adeparusi, leaving him injured.

The incident happened at the tollgate end of the airport on 20/07/2018 and on receipt of the report, the CP immediately ordered the Command X-Squad section to fish out the policemen involved. Diligent investigation , led to the arrest of the policemen:
1. Inspector Christian Offor
2. Inspector Kingsley Umeji
3. Sergeant David Eguavoen
4. Sergeant Paul Ebo
The above named policemen are under investigation at X-Squad section and if the allegation against them is established, they will be marched before the Command's Provost for their orderly room trials.

The Command wishes to assure members of the public that in line with its tradition of accountability, the outcome of the trial will be made public as usual.

The CP reiterates that belligerent policemen and their likes who have refused to key into the professional ethos of the Force have no room in this era of democratic policing. He therefore enjoins police officers in Lagos to be professional in the discharge of their duties.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

24/07/2018

PRESS RELEASE:
MURDER: COME FORWARD WITH YOUR EVIDENCE, LAGOS POLICE COMMAND TELLS PDP

The attention of the Command has been drawn to the claim by the PDP in the state that it has evidence as regards the circumstances surrounding the murder of Hon. Borishade Adeniyi, the Apapa LG PDP Chapter Chairman, at Igbosuku village, Eti-Osa LGA of Lagos on July 21, 2018 during the party's meeting in the community.

The Lagos CP urges the party to come forward with the evidence it claimed to have as reported in some sections of the media to the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, SCIID Panti Yaba for necessary action. The Command assures the party of diligent investigation.

Meanwhile, all 11 suspects arrested in connection with the murder have been charged to court accordingly. However, this does not preclude further investigation into the case with a view to arresting other suspects linked to the crime.
The CP warns all political parties in the state to conduct their affairs peacefully as the Command will not tolerate political brigandage that can result in a breach of the public peace.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

24/07/2018

PRESS RELEASE:
LAGOS CP BANS POLICEMEN FROM PATROLLING IN M***I AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, GIVES OUT COMPLAINT LINES.

To ensure that policemen in Lagos are at their professional best always, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi has banned police operatives in the state from operating in m***i and commercial vehicles such as the yellow buses popularly known as Danfo or other commercial buses. Unmarked vehicles will only be used occasionally for covert operations targeted at a specific individual or group based on credible intelligence.

The Command is not unaware that some unscrupulous individuals impersonate as SARS operatives. To this end, the CP urges members of the public to take note of the dress code for SARS operatives in the Command. The dress code is as follows:
1. A black jacket and a fez cap.
2. In the front of the jacket, the word police is written in white at the top right part.
3. At the bottom left part of the jacket,
F-SARS 039 is written there.
4. At the back of the jacket are
inscriptions "F-SARS LAGOS," "SCORPION" and a red image of a Scorpion.
5. On the fez cap are inscriptions
"F-SARS" and "SCORPION."

The CP had, on assumption of office, set up a Citizen Complaint Hot Centre (CCHC) with the following telephone lines solely dedicated for lodging complaints against wrong actions of policemen. They are:
1. 08067945296
2. 08063025274
3. 08063104759
4. 08113615350
5. 08113683077
6. 08096283148
7. 08096283173
8. 08089781657
9. 08126404930
10. 08081426895

Members of the public are enjoined to always make their complaints against erring policemen including those who violate the patrol guidelines and the dress code by calling any of the lines above. The Command can also be reached on the social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) via .

It will be recalled that the Command as part of its disciplinary measures, recently dismissed eight policemen for various offences against discipline.

CSP Chike Oti
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Police Command.

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