Owoseni in Stern Surveillance of Lagos as 3 policemen faces Trial Over Abuse of Suspect
A police Inspector and two others attached to the Bariga divisional police headquarters, in Lagos State Command, may lose their job for allegedly handcuffed a man and chaining him to a power Generator set in the station.
The policemen are currently facing police orderly room trial’ . The three cop may end up losing their job if found guilty.
It was gathered that the policemen had allegedly arrested a suspect along Bariga road onJuly 16, 2017, but rather than hand him over at the charge room, they decided to take law into their hand and chained him with one of their functional generating set.
SECURITY MONITOR learnt that the Divisional Police Officer of the station uncovered the ‘inhuman act’ during an inspection tour of the division. On enquiry, the Divisional Police Officer was able to identify those who chained the suspect and ordered their immediate detention.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, confirmed the arrest at a press briefing held at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, said the policemen are being tried in accordance with the extant rules regulating the activities of policemen.
He said: “In view of the desire by the Inspector General of Police to sanitize the force, the three policemen involved in the act are being tried and adequate disciplinary action will be taken against them at the end of the trial.
The Policemen had arrested a man for committing an offence along Bariga road. They took him to the station where he was handcuffed to a generator. “The command frowns at any case of misconduct against any of its men. Policemen are advised to operate within the ambit of their guidelines. Anyone found wanting in the discharge of his duty would be made to face the wrath of the law.”
He said that about ten various types of guns, 13 rounds of live ammunition, and 30 vehicles were also recovered from various criminal gangs in the metropolis
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