Adebukola Ogunfemi
The Nigeria Police, Lagos State Command, has refuted news making the rounds on social media platform titled; “Police caught pulling down Sanwo-olu’s campaign posters, shoots sporadically in Ikorodu”
The Command assured Lagosians, especially politicians, that it will discharge its duties free and fair to all inhabitants of the state while warning those using the social media to fuel hatred and incite the public to desist from such acts as the Command will not stand by and watch them cause civil strife. “The Command has always been apolitical and would ever remain so. The Command wishes to inform the general public that the allegation is false, kindly disregard.
In a release signed by CSP Chike Oti, Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State, the force stated that on 27/09/2018, at about 1630hrs, at the Civil Service Model College, Ikorodu, one Oregbesan Yekini Owolabi, a staff of the school, while acting on the instruction of the College Principal, one Reverend Ajose, to paste a “POST NO BILL” warnings on the school fence to prevent the unwarranted posters by advertisers, was accosted by unknown persons who accused him of removing posters of politicians which he denied. In the ensuing argument, one of the policemen posted on guard duty at the school, Inspector Sunday Ogwuche, intervened but unfortunately, he was attacked by these yet to be identified persons.
“Although the picture they circulated contradicted their allegations because the officer wasn’t seen in the said picture yanking off posters from the wall, yet these mischief makers desperate to cause disharmony in a peaceful state, went ahead to portray an innocent middle ranking officer of the Nigeria Police in a most uncharitable manner with an intent to cause a breach of public peace.”
