Lagos police commissioner orders detention of cops captured on video harassing a younger man in Ikorodu

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, has ordered the detention of 4 cops hooked up to the Imota Tactical Team over the alleged harassment of a younger man in Odogunyan, Ikorodu. The commissioner additionally ordered the disbandment of the tactical crew pending additional investigations and disciplinary proceedings in opposition to the officers.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this through the parade of three of the 4 officers on the command headquarters in Ikeja. The improvement was introduced in a video shared on the command’s official X account on Friday, October 23. According to Fatai, the police launched an investigation after a video exhibiting people allegedly harassing a younger man in Odogunyan went viral on social media.

He mentioned the investigation recognized the people as officers hooked up to the Imota Tactical Team in Ikorodu, including that they have been summoned to the commissioner’s workplace and ordered to be detained. “All four officers are in custody, while disciplinary proceedings and further enquiries are expected to follow,” the commissioner mentioned.

Fatai assured members of the general public that acceptable motion could be taken in opposition to any officer discovered culpable, stressing that the command wouldn’t tolerate impunity. He additionally counseled members of the group for serving to the police establish the officers, noting that their cooperation facilitated the investigation and the officers’ subsequent arrest.

Meanwhile, Adebisi mentioned the command would proceed to take disciplinary motion in opposition to officers discovered performing opposite to the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu. She urged residents to report any misconduct by police personnel to the command. In its assertion accompanying the video on X, the Lagos State Police Command reiterated its dedication to defending residents’ rights and holding officers accountable for misconduct.

The command acknowledged that sporting a police uniform didn’t give any officer the best to intimidate, harass or violate the rights of residents, including that no officer discovered culpable could be shielded from accountability. The detention of the 4 officers and the disbandment of the Imota Tactical Team come amid renewed public consideration to allegations of police misconduct following the circulation of the video on social media.

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