why would you detain a complainant and allow the suspect move freely ??

The man who accused two policemen of robbery, Olumide Aderibigbe, and his uncle, Mr. Vincent Olatunde, said they were locked up with armed robbers at the Lagos State Police Command.

Aderibigbe had accused the policemen of robbing him at Idi-Iroko area of Ikorodu Road on January 19.

Metro learnt that Aderibigbe and Olatunde were invited by the police authorities to give statements at the command on Wednesday only to be detained on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yakubu Alkali, when they got there.

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