By Alex Olise
A police officer attached to Ogombo police station Lekki area of Lagos has been detained at the zone 2 command headquarters Onikan Lagos following unlawful shooting of an operative attached to the Nigerian Legion in an estate at highbrow Lekki peninsula in Lagos.
The detention of the officer who was identified as Supol Abayomi followed complaint lodged in zone by angry members of the Nigerian Legion and residents of the estate who witnessed the incident and quickly reported. The injured Legion personnel is currently receiving treatment in a private hospital and the bill been taken care off by the Ogombo Police Station where the trigger happy cop served.
Members of the Nigerian Legion in their large number had protested the attack on its personnel to the office of the Chairman Nigerian Legion Lagos State Command under Samuel Akande (Col)rtd alleging that members of the Nigerian Legion have been often maltreated by personnel of the Nigerian Police Force and this have led to the untimely death of most Legion operatives and others suffering high degree of injuries.
The latest incident was as a result of a squabble arising from not allowing motorcycle to enter the estate, an order from residents of the estate where the legion personnel work as a guard. But the order was resisted by the police man who threatened him with his rifle and later shot him in his thigh.
The latest police brutality coupled with past experiences have drawn the attention of the Assistant Inspector General Of Police zone 2 AIG Adeleke who have ordered full scale probe into the incident and warmed Police operatives in the zone comprising Lagos and Ogun State to be disciplined in discharge of their duties.
