Police arrest its officers who allegedly assaulted young lawyer in Lagos (video)
The police officers in Lagos who were caught on camera assaulting a young lawyer because he was demanding his salary from his boss have been arrested by the command in the state for their unprofessional behaviour.
The police command in Lagos on Friday, July 6, finally arrested some of its officers who were involved in the assault of a young lawyer, identified as Olakunle Karimu, for demanding his salary from his boss, Oluyomi Olawore, who is also a legal practitioner.
The said police personnel who were arrested for their unprofessional misconduct, were attached to the Lion Building division of the command in the state. The incident was captured in a video footage, Punch reports.
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Concerning the development, the police spokesperson in Lagos, Chike Oti, said: "A video of police officers assaulting a young lawyer said to be demanding his salary caught the attention of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, who constituted an investigation panel to look into the allegation.
“Findings revealed that officers in the video are not SARS operatives as alleged, but conventional policemen attached to the Lion Building Police Station, who were invited to the chamber of Olawore & Co. of 28/30, McCarty Street, Lagos Island, by the managing partner, Oluyomi Olawore.
“The said 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, 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 Olawore hostage inside his office.
“It was based on the complaint that the DPO in charge of Lion Building dispatched policemen to the chamber to bring the feuding lawyers over for interrogation. However, the Commissioner of Police observed with dismay that the policemen sent to the scene were not at their professional best.
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“He has therefore ordered that the policemen, who have been arrested, be tried on oath. They risk stiff punishments for their actions. The CP also directed that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Lion Building division be queried for lack of supervision.”
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that some police operatives had been seen in a viral video assaulting a lawyer, Olakunle Karimu for demanding his salary from his boss at a law firm on Friday, June 29.
Legit.ng gathered that Karimu had tendered his resignation letter to one Oluyomi Olawore in May, 2018, after working there for almost a year but he was urged by his boss to work till June so he could put a new employee through.
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Source: Legit.ng
