Idowu Owohunwa, Lagos commissioner of police, has directed disciplinary measures against officers who were captured using “excessive force” against a commercial motorcyclist (aka okada rider) in the state.
Over the weekend, a video where about three police officers could be seen beating a young man after seizing his motorcycle, went viral.
The victim was bleeding from the head at the end of the clip.
The footage was captioned with the location of the incident at Ogundele street, close to the Abule Egba underbridge along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.
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Reacting to the development in a tweet on Thursday, Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesperson, said the state’s police commissioner visited the victim and spoke with “members/leadership of Hausa community in Abattoir Market, Agege LGA.”
He added that the officers were enforcing “the existing ban on the use of motorcycles in certain parts of Lagos State,” saying that Owuhunwa condemned their action regardless, and promised that disciplinary measures against them will be “brought to a logical conclusion and the outcome made public.”
“CP Idowu Owohunwa today visited the young man involved in this incident and members/leadership of Hausa community in Abattoir Market, Agege,” the tweet read.
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“The CP, who condemned the excessive use of force by the policemen in enforcing the existing ban on use of motorcycles in certain parts of Lagos State, has assured members of the public that the disciplinary measures already initiated against the men would be brought to a logical conclusion and the outcome made public.
“The command will continue to ensure that the rule of law is upheld, while not relenting in enforcing the laws of the land.”
In 2020, the Lagos state government banned the operations of commercial motorcycles on some major highways and bridges in the state.
Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway was one of the routes listed.
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