The death of a thirty-year-old man who was beaten to death by some youngsters in the Mushin region of Lagos State prompted the Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, to respond on Thursday, August 8, 2024, “for being too pompous.” Adejobi responded to messages made on his X handle by a few state citizens who expressed worry and shared videos of the man being beaten up.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
The video is too gory to be posted in this article. The mother of the boy gave his name in the video as Bolakale Atanda.
Adejobi also said in his post that he had instructed both the Lagos State Police Command, the Public Relations Officer of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin and other relevant police teams to take up the matter and revert to him regarding their findings.
Muyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO.
Two of the concerned residents, whose X handles are @mermahcita and @MaziUwanekezi, wrote about the incident, urging the police authorities to look into the matter.
In fact, one of them posted the videos of the mother of the man who was weeping while lamenting over the killing of her son.
Below are screenshots of the posts by the two concerned residents:
Responding to the posts however, Adejobi assured them that justice must prevail over the killing of the man.
He wrote: “Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos Police Complaint Response Unit, take up this case immediately and revert as soon as possible. Try and get to the bereaved mother, and engage her please. Justice must be done.”
Below is the screenshot of the response of the Force PRO over the incident:CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
