The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) are set to look into the overzealousness of the men of Nigeria Police attached to Ojodu and Bode-Thomas Divisional Police Stations in Lagos State.

The investigation was hinged on the Petition Letter written by a civil rights organization, the Save Lagos Group (SLG) over alleged kidnapping, illegal arrest, extortion and other illegal duties of the officers under the two Police stations.

The civil group in its letter then called on the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu to beam searchlight into the Meiran Police Station where one Saheed Asimiyu was kidnapped in June this year over trump-up charge by a female police officer identified as Folake and officer Ade, the man-friend to a hairdresser called Omotolani Aina, in the area. Aina reportedly raised trump-up allegation against Asimiyu until the intervention of the sister organization(CHRSJ).

There is also a case at Ojodu Police Station where one Inspector Monday and his team, failed to properly investigate the attack on one Ademola Azeez.

The approved Save Lagos Group (SLG) Petition Letter for investigation dated Monday 12th of October,2002, were forwarded to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 comprises of Lagos and Ogun States and Lagos State Commissioner of Police and National Human Rights Commission(NHRC), calling for proper investigation of the alleged officers in the
Petition Letter.

The SLG Petition read thus, “we are of the strong notion that your office intervention is inevitable and imperative at this material time to prepare a suitable and peaceful ground for civil proceedings to operate effectively without fear of insecurity and for there is an urgent need for the men of the Police to invite those defendants in this Petition Letter for proper interrogation concerning all these allegations wh for the onus of their proving that the allegations were untrue.”

According to the reports, one Bolaji who called himself a relative of Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker, House of representatives, Abubakar of Iponri Estate and their driver in collaboration with Inspector Daniel of Bode Thomas Police State attacked a car dealer, Mallam Mustapha Abdulfatai by damaging his vehicle and refused to repair it because they claimed of knowing Hon. Gbajabiamila before Inspector Daniel, adding that they warned the Car dealer not to request for the repair of his car again.

It alleged one Inspector Nasiru attached to Bode Thomas Police Station of led a team of Police to kidnap one Michael Oluwaseun Ajala of No 24, Olowu Street, Ikeja, Lagos recently, on the illegal instruction of one Alhaji Bolarinwa Raheem, the Manager, Total Filling Station, Olusosun Bus-Stop along Oregun-Ojota road, Lagos.

It was further alleged that the victim (Michael) was kidnapped by the Police on 27th of September, 2020 around 9 o’clock in the morning and his family members visited Mortuaries around the area, Ijora Police Station, Ojota Police Station, Orile-Iganmu/Mile 2 Police Station in search of him until the following morning when the Centre intervened through its leadership and Micheal was released by the Police at the Total Filling Station.

The victim (Michael) disclosed that Police on the instruction of Alhaji Raheem, caused psychological and social trauma for him, for no offence than help his father to pay a sum of Thirty-Two thousand naira (N32,000) to Alhaji Bolarinwa Raheem a few months ago at the Police Station.