POLLICE ARREST ANOTHER LAGOS

Police arrest another Lagos DPO for rape

The Lagos State Police Command has captured a Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Oladipo Afolayan, for professedly assaulting a lady in his office.
The advancement comes a couple of months after an alternate Lagos DPO, Mr. Adekunle Awe, was captured for supposedly assaulting a lady, Idowu Akinwunmi, in his office at the Onikan Police Division.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Afolayan, who is a Superintendent of Police, had just been as of late presented on the Magodo Police Post when the occurrence supposedly happened.
It was learnt that the lady he professedly assaulted was a suspect in a continuous examination.
It was accumulated that after a report by the victimized person, Afolayan was captured and brought before the Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti.
Aderanti was said to have additionally reported the matter to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 Command, Mr. Umar Manko.
Our journalist learnt that the matter was exchanged to the X Squad, an office at the state summon which is accountable for examining police law violations and wrongdoings.
At the point when our journalist went to the Magodo Police Post on Thursday, policemen on obligation declined to remark on the matter.
It was, be that as it may, learnt that in the wake of taking his announcement, the X Squad exchanged the DPO and the case document to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further examination.
At the point when reached on the phone, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Kenneth Nwosu, affirmed that the police were examining the matter, including that the senior cop would be made to face the law if discovered blamable.
He said, “Yes, we are examining a charge like that. As an aftereffect of the affectability of the matter, it would be so soon there is no option arrive at a conclusion. The stance of the Commissioner of Police is not to approve any demonstration of indiscipline whether from general society or from our men.
“In this manner, when examinations are finished up, and the officer is discovered blamable, he will be made to move to the tune of the law, and in the event that it is discovered else, he will be cleared. The press will be welcomed and informed once examinations are finished up.”