Police Arrest 70 Persons, Uber Drivers Over Death Of Officer In Lagos

Officers of the Lagos Police Command have arrested and detained about 70 individuals, together with passersby and Uber drivers in Aswani, Ajao Property and Oshodi areas of the state, following the killing of Chief Superintendent Kazeem Abonde.

The suspects have been arrested on Friday and are at present in detention with out being charged to court docket, Peoples Gazette has learnt.

The police mentioned Mr Abonde was killed on Thursday whereas officers from the RRS, Taskforce, Ajao Property Division have been imposing the ban on bikes within the space.

In a press release, the police spokesperson, Adekunle Ajisebutu, mentioned whereas officers impounded some bikes, the riders regrouped and “attacked Abonde and males.”

Nevertheless, within the aftermath of Mr Abonde’s loss of life, about 70 suspects in Aswani and surrounding areas have been arrested and detained.

Among the suspects in police custody have been heard in audio recordings obtained by this outlet lamenting how they have been being tortured.

A supply instructed The Gazette among the arrested suspects have been passersby, Uber drivers and males who had gone to restore their autos in a storage near Aswani market.

“They didn’t choose them up at Ajao Property; they went to Aswani and picked them up.

“They didn’t choose only one individual however lots of people and put them in black maria. Some didn’t even know what occurred,” the supply mentioned.

The supply continued, “There’s an uber driver that was additionally arrested. They broke his glass and dragged him out of the automotive. They violated their human rights and even hit them.”

Some suspects have been taken to the Taskforce in Bolade, Oshodi space, whereas others have been detained at different police divisions. Our supply mentioned a number of makes an attempt by relations to safe their bail have proved abortive.

“Folks went there to see them on Saturday and Sunday for the bail course of, however they mentioned they don’t grant bail to individuals on weekends. On Monday, the officers requested them to go to the Ikeja space command to go and bail them,” the supply mentioned.

On the Ikeja command, our supply mentioned the households and pals of the suspects have been requested to test again to “discover out what occurred” in the event that they weren’t launched after three days.

“Friday is a public vacation, it’ll make per week and public vacation with out charging them to court docket. My individual is sick” one other supply mentioned.

Nevertheless, Mr Ajisebutu instructed The Gazette over the telephone that suspects have been solely arrested at Ajao Property, including that investigations concerning their arrests have been ongoing.

“We’ll difficulty a press assertion on the progress made on our investigation very quickly,” he mentioned.

When additionally contacted, the DPO of Aswani Division, Adeleke Ojajuni, mentioned he was not conscious of any arrest inside the space, whereas that of Ajao Property, Aminu Goni, declined The Gazette’s request to supply an official response on the incident.