Police condemn Lagos lawyer killing, detain errant officer - Punch Newspapers

The Lagos State Police Command connected Monday condemned the sidesplitting of a barrister, Bolanle Raheem, by a yet-to-be-identified policeman successful the Ajah country of the state.

The authorities Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, successful a statement, said the errant policeman had been detained arsenic the bid commenced probe into the victim’s decease connected Christmas day.

Describing the concern arsenic 1 excessively galore successful the Ajah country of the state, Hundeyin said the serviceman fell abbreviated of the modular operating procedures, adding that a reappraisal of the constabulary rules of engagement would beryllium embarked upon to enactment an extremity to specified cases.

Hundeyin said, “The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Abiodun Alabi, has expressed heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of barrister Bolanle Raheem, who was changeable dormant by a constabulary serviceman successful Ajah connected Sunday, December 25, 2022.

“On the acquisition of the CP, the errant serviceman has since been taken into custody alongside his squad members. The CP has arsenic directed that the lawsuit beryllium transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, for in-depth investigation.

“This has go 1 excessively many, particularly bearing successful caput that a akin incidental occurred astatine the aforesaid determination little than 3 weeks ago. The condemnable incidental is against the modular operating procedures and rules of engagement of the force, and to accidental the slightest is embarrassing.

“Beyond this incident, the Nigeria Police Force volition transportation retired a reappraisal of its rules of engagement successful a bid to enactment an extremity to specified avoidable disfigured incidents.”

Hundeyin said the Lagos State Police Command appealed to the bully radical and residents of the authorities to stay calm arsenic the bid was already successful changeless interaction with the Nigerian Bar Association and different applicable stakeholders towards ensuring that justness prevailed successful the matter.