The Lagos State Police Command has denied report that a 14 year-old girl was hit and killed by police bullet on 3rd July, 2021 at the venue of the Oodua Republic Mega Rally in Ojota, Lagos.
“The Command hereby wishes to debunk the rumour and state categorically that it’s a calculated attempt to create confusion and fears in the minds of the good people of Lagos State and the country at large,” it said.
In a statement, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the operatives of the command did not fire a single live bullet at Ojota rally today (Saturday, July 3, 2021).
Adejobi further stated that the said corpse was found wrapped and abandoned at a distance, far from Ojota venue of the rally, behind MRS Filling Station, inward Maryland, on the other side of the venue, with dried blood stains, suggesting that the corpse was not fresh.
He added that after a close look at the corpse, a wound suspected to have been sustained from a sharp object was seen on it.
Adejobi said the news was false and mischievous.
He urged the general public to disregard the news and go about their lawful normal daily activities while investigation to unravel the incident would commence immediately.
He said the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, commiserated with the family of the deceased and assured them that thorough investigation would be carried out.
Adejobi warned against the spreading or peddling of fake and unconfirmed stories as such could be dangerous and counterproductive.
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