Shooting incident at Ikeja, not connected to protest’, says Lagos Police Commissioner
Yanju Uwala in Abeokuta
The Lagos State Police Command has explained that the shooting incident at Salvation Bus Stop, Opening, Ikeja Area of the State has no connection with the ongoing EndSARS protest in the State.
Penpushing reports that one, Joy Eze, f, of Owonikoko Street, Idiagbon, College, Road, Ogba, Lagos, was on Thursday at about 09:21pm, shot at the mouth by a policeman who was later identified to be one Sergeant Eze Aiwansoba, attached to the Special Protection Unit, Base 16, Ikeja, Lagos State, after fierce argument between the duo who are in a relationship.
The Command Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement, on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, stated that as at the time of the incident, the identity of the policeman was unknown, until the Commissioner ordered the Divisional Police Officer, Ikeja, to trace the whereabout of the victim, ascertain her health condition and get more information on the incident and identify the policeman for further necessary actions.
“Based on the preliminary investigation, the said police sergeant was off duty and not issued with a police rifle or arms as at the time of the incident, hence the police’s concern on the ownership and/or possession of the arms he used in perpetrating the act’, the statement reads.
“The Commissioner of Police has ordered that the fleeing policeman, who is attached to another police formation within the state, be arrested by all means and made to face the consequences of his criminal act’.
‘While the Commissioner of Police condemns the act, the command will not in anyway leave any stone unturned in getting justice for the victim and sustain the ethics and Standard Operating Procedure of the Nigeria Police Force; and protect the fundamental human rights of all and sundry across the state’.
Penpushing further reports that the police boss has appealed to all Lagosians especially protesters across the state, to maintain law and order while they embark on peaceful protests as the police will do everything possible not to infringe on their rights.
