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The Lagos State Police Command has dissolved one of its tactical squads after operatives were captured in a trending video assaulting a motorist during a stop-and-search operation.
The video, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user, Somto, with the handle #General_Somto, showed a motorist being stopped by officers who attempted to remove his glasses, suspected to have a video camera feature.

The confrontation escalated, with one of the officers seen hitting the man.

Reacting on Friday, the command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, had taken swift disciplinary action against the officers.
Hundeyin wrote, “Following a thorough preliminary investigation, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has ordered the immediate detention of the entire team.

“The officers will face an orderly room trial in line with established disciplinary procedures to ensure justice is served swiftly and transparently.


“In addition, the entire Tactical Squad implicated in this matter has been dissolved with immediate effect.

“A new Tactical Squad has been constituted, comprising officers who will adhere strictly to international best practices in policing.
This new unit will operate with zero tolerance for corruption, while upholding the highest standards of respect for human rights and human dignity.”

Similarly, the Nigeria Police Force, in a statement posted on its official X page, condemned the conduct of the officers.
The Force wrote, “We strongly condemn the actions of some officers captured in a viral video attempting to forcibly remove a pair of glasses from a motorist during a stop-and-search operation, and further assaulting him.

“The officers involved have been identified as personnel attached to the Lagos State Police Command.
The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Lagos State Command has been contacted and has swiftly acted appropriately to ensure that the officers face commensurate disciplinary actions.

“He has equally ordered for the restructuring of the squad involved.”.

When you disband a disgruntled squad and replace them with another disgruntled team, then we have no other option than to avoid conflicts. When will our nation come out of this shenanigan of the police service personnel...

Kudos to the leadership for at least taking action against those low-lifes envious of the young man...

Nigerian police with any how doings and lawlessness but tank God dat officers involved have been summoned into the orderly room for a disciplinary action against them..

Kudos to the Lagos State Police commissioner and Lagos State Police PPRO

Lampy336:
Nigerian police with any how doings and lawlessness but tank God dat officers involved have been summoned into the orderly room for a disciplinary action against them..

Kudos to the Lagos State Police commissioner and Lagos State Police PPRO

All that face-saving strategy na wash. They will still transfer them to another location to continue their work there ..

Na ABK remain like.. police just dey any how dey burst niggas most expecially dos rogues from oke itoku , oke ijemo and aregbe police division..

One day soon I go still tag dem for police page on X handles cos most of dem I know there names and I will make sure that I contributed to there downfall..

Nukilia:
All that face-saving strategy na wash. They will still transfer them to another location to continue their work there ..

Yes I know that it's all about eyes service but still a good news for we the citizens of this so called zoo country called Nigeria that they have been arrested and summoned into the orderly room...

But one thing I know is that government dey work if they want to cos my parents worked for both the federal and the state

Behaving like vigilantes.

Nukilia:
All that face-saving strategy na wash. They will still transfer them to another location to continue their work there ..

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So the NPF are now more concerned in dealing with motorists who are trying to video them than polishing up their tattered images...


What a really funny country....