RE: VANGUARD REPORT “POWER IN WRONG HANDS: HOW A LAGOS DPO TRIED TO JAIL 2 INNOCENT MECHANICS” BY ESTHER ONYEGBULA. CP LAGOS ORDERS A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS IN THE REPORT LEVELED AGAINST DPO ELEMORO
Following allegations in the report against the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Elemoro in Online Vanguard Newspaper Publication of April 24, 2025, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has set up a 5-man committee of senior officers headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), including the OC Legal of the Command to investigate all the allegations in the report and submit findings within a week.
According to a statement signed by CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, anipr, mipra, Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Ikeja, today 5th of May 2025, the DPO and other officers involved have been transferred out of Elemoro Division to pave way for a thorough and unhindered investigation into the allegations in the report. The outcome of the investigation will certainly be made public.
The Commissioner of Police hereby wishes to extend invitation to the lawyer concerned for a meeting at his own convenience with the committee set up to investigate the allegations.
The Lagos State Police Command does not support any form of inhuman treatment or miscarriage of justice in any form and will make sure that if the officers involved are found wanting, in anyway, appropriate disciplinary measures are applied to serve as effective deterrent to others.
The Commissioner of Police therefore implores the general members of the public to have trust in the Police and be assured that every wrongdoing proven against any officer will certainly be redressed.
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