{"id":16877,"date":"2019-04-14T15:20:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T15:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=16877"},"modified":"2019-04-14T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T15:20:24","slug":"oh-no-not-again-police-team-kill-woman-injure-ne-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=16877","title":{"rendered":"Oh no, not again! Police team kill woman, injure one in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <strong>Mateen Badru (NAN)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained five police officers who allegedly shot dead a 20-year-old woman, Ada Ifeanyi in Ajegunle on Saturday.<br \/>\nThe Command\u2019s Spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement that the incident happened at No. 4b, Amusa Lane off Ojo Road, Ajegunle.<br \/>\nThe policemen also allegedly shot one Emmanuel Akomafuwa, 32, of No. 52, Babatunde St., Olodi Apapa, at Akpiri Street, Olodi Apapa.<br \/>\n\u201cThe victims were rushed to hospital and Ada Ifeanyi was confirmed dead, while Emmanuel Akomafuwa is currently on admission receiving treatment from the injury he sustained as a result of the shooting.<br \/>\n\u201cMembers of the team suspected to be involved in the shooting are from Trinity Police Station and are currently facing internal disciplinary proceedings at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja.<br \/>\n\u201cTheir rifles have been retrieved for forensic analysis by Ballisticians. If found wanting, they will be prosecuted in conventional court for murder.<br \/>\n\u201cThe policemen arrested are; Insp. Adamu Usman, Sgts. Adeyeye Adeoye, Kashim Tijani, Lucky Akigbe and Paul Adeoye, while Insp. Dania Ojo, who escaped immediately after the shooting incident is declared wanted by the Command.<br \/>\n\u201cLagos State Police Command condemned in total these senseless killings of unarmed civilians by few \u2018bad eggs \u2018 in the command, who are bent towards denting the image and reputation of the nation\u2019s police force.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Command will not relent in its efforts in ridding the force off these criminal elements. Those involved in extra judicial killings and abuse of power are promptly identified, isolated, tried through internal disciplinary proceedings, dismissed from service and prosecuted in conventional courts,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe PPRO added that the Command had within the last one month dismissed four policemen for abuse of power and conducts unbecoming of police officer and awarded various degrees of punishments to 41 others.<br \/>\n\u201cThe four dismissed policemen were charged to court and remanded in prison custody.<br \/>\n\u201cOur collective resolve in building a more humane, professional, dedicated, courageous and people oriented police force is a task that must be done and together we can make it a reality.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Commissioner of Police extends the Command\u2019s deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ada Ifeanyi and promised to foot the medical bills of Emmanuel Akomafuwa.<br \/>\n\u201cThe CP calls for calm as the command will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that justice prevails,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mateen Badru (NAN) The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained five police officers who allegedly shot dead a 20-year-old woman, Ada Ifeanyi in Ajegunle on Saturday. The Command\u2019s Spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement that the incident happened at No. 4b, Amusa Lane off Ojo Road, Ajegunle. The policemen also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}