Lagos Commissioner of Police has told #EndSARS protester ‘stabbed by hoodlums’ to lodge a formal complaint.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has asked Kamsichukwu Ibeh, an #EndSARS protester who testified before the state judicial panel, to lodge a formal complaint on the alleged attack on her.
Ibeh was said to have been attacked in the Sangotedo area of Lagos while she was heading home from work on Sunday evening.
She had testified before the Lagos panel on November 21, 2020, regarding the Lekki tollgate shooting.
In a viral video, Ibeh, who had machete cuts on her hands and parts of her body, was seen crying as she narrated her experience, alleging that one of the attackers mentioned her involvement in the #EndSARS panel.
Similarly, Dabira Olayinka, another protester who testified before the judicial panel, alleged that she received a death threat sent via a picture placed in an envelope and dropped in her car on Monday.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a member of the panel, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa had also alleged a threat to his life.
In reaction to these, the CP in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said anyone who has been physically attacked for whatever reason in the state should lodge a formal complaint at the nearest police station.
The statement read, “Attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to an allegation going on in the media that a witness who testified at the just-concluded Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS-Related Abuses and other Matters was attacked recently by yet-to-be-identified persons.
“It is the statutory duty of the Lagos State Police Command to protect lives and property, apprehend and prosecute offenders, among other duties. The police will not abdicate these important duties even in the face of daunting challenges.
“Therefore, the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, wishes to encourage anyone who has been physically attacked for whatever reason in any part of the state to lodge a formal complaint at the nearest police station where the incident allegedly took place.
“This is to enable the police to take appropriate action by diligently investigating and prosecuting the case.”
Last Monday, the state judicial panel submitted two documents — a consolidated report on cases of police brutality and another on the Lekki shooting incident to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the state.
Gatekeepers News earlier reported that the document, which was leaked in the media hours after it was submitted, revealed that the panel said the “killing of unarmed protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020, could be described in the context of a massacre”.
Varied reactions have, however, trailed the report.
