THE Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Sunday, October 18, 2020, was compelled by aggressive #EndSARS protesters at Okota to trek in company of his senior officers for more than 10 kilometres, in order to pay a visit to an assaulted grandma, Mrs Durojaiye Olaleye.
This is in line with the Lagos State's #5for5 policy in response to the requests of #EndSARS protests disclosed in a statement yesterday.
#5for5
Mrs Durojaiye was assaulted severally on Monday October 12, 2020, as captured in a viral video on the social media.
The Commissioner of Police, who had earlier been denied access at the Muritala Mohammed Airport tollgate in Ikeja by #EndSARS protesters, ran into a similar barricade at NNPC Junction, Ejigbo, inwards Okota Road, Pako, where the hyper-aggressive protesters insisted that CP Hakeem Odumosu and his team alight from their official cars and trek that long distance, despite series of explanations and appeal on the Command's mission in the area.
The marathon walk for justice
The Commissioner of Police, like every other officer in Lagos State, who has been professional in tolerating and managing several harassments, intimidations and provocations from the protesters, obliged and trekked for peace to reign.
The visit to the assualted grandma was to sympathise with and apologise to her and her family members and assure them that the arrested police officer, SP Tunji Ajakaye, second-in-command at the disbanded Anti Kidnapping Unit, Surulere, who assaulted the grandma has been queried and would face the Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC) for appropriate punishment.
The police chief also condemned the unprofessional conduct of the senior officer, which is unbecoming of his status and contrary to the IGP's modern policing principles.
While assuring Lagosians of his commitment to sanitise the Command, CP Odumosu also encouraged members of the public to report all unprofessional conducts of police officers and men to the Command for appropriate disciplinary action.
