The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered an investigation into the allegation that the Divisional Police Officer of the Ilemba-Hausa Division, Yahaya Adesina, shot dead one
of the personnel attached to the station, Sergeant Onajide Onalaja, in the Ilemba-Hausa area of the state.report that Onalaja’s family accused Adesina of shooting dead the cop and allegedly took steps to conceal the crime.
In the audio recording made available to our correspondent, a policeman was heard saying, “I will tell you everything. Yesterday, when that incident happened, the DPO ran to the CP and the DC to claim that it was not a police rifle , but he was told to face his warrant. Instead of him to tell you the truth when you came, he denied. The Area Commander has ordered his arrest and said we should record his statement while in detention.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, had said two persons, Kehinde Elijah, 45, and Ezeh Joseph, who he described as fake/deserted soldiers, were arrested in connection with Onalaja’s death, adding that investigation was ongoing. Elkana said, “We acted on the brief that we initially got from the station before the new dimension, so it calls for a new investigation. The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, in his wisdom, has directed the highest investigatig body in the state, which is the SCIID, Panti, Yaba, to take over the case from the division and investigate it neutrally.
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