Lagos Police Arrest Community Leaders Over Jungle Justice

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three male community leaders for lynching a suspected burglar to death at the Ikotun area of the state.
The men apprehended are Sakariyau Biliaminu, John Adeyemi and Gabriel Ajayi.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three male community leaders for lynching a suspected burglar to death at the Ikotun area of the state.

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the community leaders killed the victim having caught him after breaking into the room of one Mrs Adeyemi Opeyemi in the area.

The men apprehended are Sakariyau Biliaminu, John Adeyemi and Gabriel Ajayi.

According to a statement by the Command’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Thursday, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, frowns on jungle justice and that those who are fond of taking the law into their own hands will not go unpunished.

The statement read, “The police operatives attached to Ikotun Division of the command, on Wednesday 7th April, 2021, arrested three (3) community leaders of Ikotun area of Lagos State for lynching a suspected burglar.

“The burglar had gained entrance into the room of one Mrs Adeyemi Opeyemi, f, of No 2, Asalu Bus Stop, off Abaranje Road, Ikotun, Lagos in an attempt to rob her but she raised the alarm and the burglar escaped into the street where some members of the community apprehended and beat him to death.

“The community leaders arrested include Sakariyau Biliaminu, m, 66, John Adeyemi, m, 77 and Gabriel Ajayi, m, 55. These suspects have some questions to answer pertaining to the killing of the suspect.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem, has condemned the act of jungle justice meted out to the suspect and vowed to kick against such in the state as it is becoming rampant and such is inimical to our collective efforts to improve on the Criminal Justice System of Lagos State.”