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ARMED ROBBER ARRESTED WHILE TRYING TO ROB PLAIN CLOTHES PATROL OFFICERS OF THEIR PATROL BIKE

Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives in plain clothes, patrolling on a motorcycle, have arrested a robbery suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, aged 19 while trying to snatch their motorcycle.

The machete-wielding suspect was arrested at about 4am on Acme Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja in company of four others now at large.

This is coming on the heels of the emplacement of regular foot and vehicular patrols in the area by the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, in response to repeated complaints that robbers operate around Agidingbi, Ikeja very early mornings.

Suspect will be arraigned as soon as investigations are concluded.

SP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
LAGOS STATE COMMAND
IKEJA

MARCH 31, 2024.

Thundafireseun:

The person or persons that blurred his face is a goat

naptu2:
Some people are asking why the police hid the suspects' faces. The reason is simply because parading suspects is extremely controversial.


The police parade suspects because they want the public to see the results of their work.

However, the law states that everybody is presumed innocent until they are found guilty by a court. Parading a suspect creates the impression in the minds of the public that the person is guilty. Such a person will face stigmatisation and may even be harmed even if he is later found not guilty by the courts. Therefore, lawyers have often condemned the police for parading suspects before the media.

Last year the Lagos State Government enacted a law that bans the parade of suspects by the police. https://www.nairaland.com/6713970/lagos-bans-media-parading-suspects


The police have been accused of failing to comply with the law.


Now they have found a compromise by taking pictures of the suspects (to show the result of their work) but concealing their faces (in order to comply with the law).

Thundafireseun:

The person or persons that blurred his face is a goat