The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the immediate detention and orderly room trial of one Inspector Adadu Innocent attached to PMF 22 Ikeja, for hitting with a stick and injuring Kayode Jaiyeola of the Punch newspaper.
The incident happened at Maryland, Lagos on Thursday, 1st October, 2020 about 11.10am during a peaceful protest.
In a statement, Police Public Relations Officer Lagos State Command, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi the police chief, who was monitoring the deployment and operational activities of officers and men of the command in the enforcement of the order against unlawful gathering and protest by some unpatriotic individuals, raced to the scene and personally moved the injured journalist to the Police Cottage(hospital) at Area F, GRA, Ikeja, where he personally waited and ensured the injured journalist was given immediate and best medical treatment.
Adejobi said the Commissioner cut-off his movements to stay throughout the journalist’s treatment and subsequent discharge.
He said preliminary findings carried out by the Commissioner of Police and eye witness accounts from senior officers on ground, revealed that the cop suddenly attacked the journalist, without any previous altercation or confrontation.
Adejobi added that this propelled the Commissioner of Police to order for his trial in order to serve as deterrent to others who are fond of engaging in unprofessional and unethical conducts.
He said CP Hakeem Odumosu urged the general public to believe in the command’s commitment to sanitizing and reforming the policing system in Lagos State in conformity with the international standards.
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