A Police Officer Attached to Lion Building in Lagos Arrested for Assaulting a Lawyer
The
police officers who was seen in a video assaulting a young lawyer said to be
demanding for his salary and posted on the Instagram by OAKTVOnline with
the caption "SARS officers assault young lawyer allegedly demanding for
his salary in Lagos," had caught the attention of the Commissioner of
Police, Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi who constituted an investigation
panel to look into the allegation.
Findings
into the case revealed that the officers in the video are not SARS
operatives as alleged but conventional police men attached to Lion
Building Police Station who were invited to the chambers of Olawore
& Co of No 28/30 Macarty Street, Lagos Island by the managing
partner, Barrister Oluyomi Olawore.
The said
Barrister Oluyomi Olawore sent a distress call to the police through one
of his junior partners, requesting that he be rescued from another
junior partner by name Barrister Olakunle Kareem whom he alleged was
about to use an unlawful force on him having disconnected the Firms'
CCTV cameras and locked up all doors leading into the firm and by so
doing, held Barrister Olawore hostage inside his office.
It
was based on the complaint that the DPO in charge of Lion Building
dispatched police men to the troubled chamber to bring the feuding
lawyers over for interrogation. However, the Commissioner of Police,
observed with dismay that the police men sent to the scene were not at
their professional best.
He has therefore
ordered that the police men who had been arrested, be tried on oath.
They risk stiff punishments for their actions. The CP also directed
that Divisional Police Officer in charge of Lion Building be queried
for lack of supervision.
Meanwhile, the Deputy
Commissioner of Police, SCIID Panti Yaba has been directed to take over
investigation of the case and critically look into the matter
concerning the two lawyers with the view to diligently prosecute both or
anyone of them found wanting.
The CP advises employers/employees to learn how to settle internal squabbles amicably without resorting to self help.
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