Mob Attack Policemen In Lagos, Label Them Thieves

The Lagos Police Command has dissatisfaction over the violent attacks on two Police Mobile Force (PMF) operatives by a mob in Computer Village who labelled the policemen thieves.
It was gathered that some hoodlums in Computer Village on Friday morning descended on a Taskforce assigned to check piracy and substandard goods in the market.

The Lagos Police Command has dissatisfaction over the violent attacks on two Police Mobile Force (PMF) operatives by a mob in Computer Village who labelled the policemen thieves.

The armed policemen, who were part of an anti-piracy team deployed to the market, were seen in a viral video being assaulted and dragged by civilians with someone shouting ‘Ole! Ole!’ in the background.

It was gathered that some hoodlums in Computer Village on Friday morning descended on a Taskforce assigned to check piracy and substandard goods in the market.

While others fled, the two armed policemen were accosted and beaten before being dragged to the Area F Police Command, Ikeja.

Hakeem Odumosu

The attackers were said to have been enraged by the frequent raids carried out by the Taskforce which usually saw them seizing people’s wares including phones and other accessories.

The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, while reacting to the viral video in a statement by his spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the command has commenced an investigation, vowing to fish out those behind it.

He described it as a misrepresentation of facts, allegations that the policemen stole phones from a shop in the market, confirming they were in Computer Village with the HP Electronics Company’s Taskforce on piracy.