CITIZENS COMPASS— The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday, said it has identified its officials allegedly captured attacking a gold seller in a viral video.
The Command identified the personnel as attached to Area E Command stating that it has commenced an investigation into the alleged assault.
It urged the complainant to come forward.
The alleged assault occurred yesterday, in the Festac area of the state according to a video earlier released by the gold seller.
The Command disclosed this in a statement posted on its X Handle.
It reads: The Lagos State Police Command has seen the video and has commenced an investigation into the incident.
The officers involved have been identified as personnel attached to Area E Command. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, psc, mnips, has directed the Area Commander to immediately produce the officers at the Command Headquarters for further investigation and appropriate action.
The individual featured in the video is kindly urged to contact the Command’s Complaint Response Unit (CRU) on 09111111150 or 09111111151 to assist with the ongoing investigation.
The statement was in response to an earlier post by an X user, @ChuksEriCe, which reads:
“I went to deliver a necklace to someone when police officers stopped and searched me in Festac, Lagos. They found nothing on me but saw the scale I use to measure gold and accused me of using it to weigh weed. They ordered me to follow them to the station, but I refused because I had done nothing wrong. They were not properly dressed as police officers, and the bus they arrived in had no registration. They then dragged me, tried to force me into the bus, and one of them hit me on the head with a gun before they started be@ting me.”
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