Lagos CP orders trial of police officers seen a§§aulting a man in a viral video

Adegoke Fayoade, the Lagos commissioner of police, has ordered the orderly room trial of some officers over the alleged a§§ault of a suspect while attempting to arrest him.

On Tuesday, a video showing some police officers b3atintg up a man while attempting to dr+g him inside a minibus appeared on social media. In the less than one-minute video, the man is seen shouting that he would call his lawyer and that the police officers would pay for the a§§ault on him.

In a statement on Wednesday, Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesperson, said officers from the Alausa division had received numerous complaints about “flagrant ab¥se of hard dr¥gs” at Makinde Odewale street in Oregun. Hundeyin said some officers were mobilised to the area on July 2 to arrest suspected illicit dr¥g users and dealers.