What EndSARS Protesters Forced Police Commissioner to Do in Lagos (Photos)

What EndSARS Protesters Forced Police Commissioner to Do in Lagos (Photos)

There was a mild drama in Okota, Lagos on Sunday as aggrieved #EndSARS protesters forced the state police commissioner, CP Hakeem Odumosu and his entourage to take a 10kilometer trek.

The police commissioner with his his team had visited the area to pay a visit to a grandma, Mrs Durojaiye Olaleye who was brutally assaulted on Monday, October 12, 2020 by a police officer as captured in a viral video on the social media.

The cool headed police commissioner alongside other senior officers obliged the protesters after all entreaties were rebuffed.

The Police boss, who had earlier been denied access at the Muritala Mohammed Airport tollgate in Ikeja by #EndSARS protesters, ran into a similar barricade at NNPC junction, Okota, where the protesters insisted the police commissioner and team alight from their official cars and trek that long distance despite series of explanations on the Command’s mission in the area.

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A statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said, “The Commissioner of Police, like every other officer in Lagos State, who has been professional in tolerating and managing several harassments, intimidations and provocations from the protesters, obliged and trekked for peace to reign.”

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The statement adds that the visit to the assaulted grandma, who is the mother of Oxlade’s manager, Ojah Bee, was to “sympathize and apologize to her and her family members and assure them that the arrested police officer, SP Tunji  Ajakaiye, second-in-command at the disbanded Anti Kidnapping Unit, Surulere, who assaulted the grandma has been queried and will face the Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC) for appropriate punishment.”

The police commissioner also condemned the unprofessional conduct of the senior officer which is unbecoming of his status and contrary to the IGP’s modern policing principles.

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While assuring Lagosians of his commitment to sanitize the command, CP Hakeem Odumosu encouraged members of the public to report all unprofessional conducts of police officers and men to the command for appropriate disciplinary actions.