Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Enforcement and Special Offences Unit (Lagos Task Forceorce) has debunked speculations that its officials were culpable in the killing of an individual along the Mile 2 axis early on Tuesday.
A social media post on Tuesday had accused the task force of killing a truck driver in the axis.
ALERT: Avoid Mile-2 … Tasks Force killed Someone.
– @DouyeKen pic.twitter.com/f8vLZY8tWC— GIDI (@Gidi_Traffic) September 5, 2023
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The incident triggered chaos and riot in the Mile 2 area of Lagos but the police and soldiers combined to quell the situation a few hours later.
Reacting to the allegation in a statement Tuesday evening, the Chairman of the task force, CSP Shola Jejeloye, said that none of the agency’s personnel were posted out for operations on Tuesday except for officers posted to Freedom Park, Ojota, and Maryland to maintain peace and orderliness where a rally by the Nigeria Labour Congress had been scheduled.
He explained that officers of the agency are usually mistaken for operatives of other enforcement units, stressing that the task force personnel are always in tactical jackets with the word “Taskforce” clearly inscribed in front and at the back with unique identification numbers.
His words, “None of our men were posted out today for environmental and traffic operations, rather they were only posted to Freedom Park to maintain peace and orderliness during the planned NLC rally so that miscreants and evil-minded individuals do not hijack the protest.
Our operational jackets are branded with unique identification numbers for members of the public to recognize during our operations.”
The task force chairman urged those accusing the agency to further beam their searchlight on other public or private establishments with branded their enforcement units.
Jejeloye averred that the agency will do all in its power to get to the root of the matter and ensure that perpetrators of the heinous crime are brought to book.
Earlier, the police spokesperson in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said an investigation into the killing of the driver had commenced.
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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, also visited the scene to assess the situation.
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