The Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, has ordered the immediate arrest and detention of the
Divisional Police Officer, in charge of Ijeshatedo Police Station, a Chief Superintendent
of Police (CSP), Mr. Muhammed Yakubu, for allegedly shooting to death a fashion designer.
The DPO was alleged to have killed a
23-year-old Fashion Designer, Jamiu Ayoade.
Owoseni, who disclosed the arrest
and detention of Yakubu to journalists yesterday, said no stone would be on unturned
into the investigation of what led to the shooting and killing of Ayoade by the
DPO.
Owoseni said: “As a follow up to the
killing at Ijeshatedo, the police have sent some undercover policemen to the
community to find out the truth from the residents and some eyewitnesses. We cannot
rely on what the DPO told us. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim
Idris, has enjoined every police officer to follow the creed of the Nigerian
Police Force and also allow the rule of law to prevail in everything they do.
The IGP will not support or encourage impunity. Those who perpetrate impunity
in uniform will not be treated with kids’ gloves. The DPO is presently under
investigation as the law will take its cause on him. He has been arrested and
taken into custody. I have visited the victim’s family and got their own side
of the story. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (ACP), in charge of the State
Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), the Area M Commander and decoy teams
have started investigation into the matter.
“I have assured the victim’s family
that they would get justice and that police will do everything to get to the
root of the matter. The law will take his course.”
The DPO on Sunday, around 7: 30pm
led some policemen to Wosilat Daudu Street, Ijeshatedo, where Ayoade was
attending his friend’s birthday party.
The policemen were said to have gone
to the area where the party was being held and left. They returned later and
started shooting sporadically into the air, attempting to disperse the guests.
The DPO allegedly went into the passage
of a building where the deceased was sitting with his girlfriend and shot him
in the head, at close range. One Akeem Lawal also sustained gunshot injury in
the hand. The policemen fled the scene after the shooting and murder of Ayoade.
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