The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, disclosed that the command has arrested the Baale of Oshoko village, Ibeju-Lekki and three others for allegedly burying a police Inspector alive.
The police boss said: “On November 25, 2016, Inspector Musa Sunday, attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) disappeared from Ibeju-Lekki while performing his duty. During an Anti-Kidnapping patrol, Sunday and other members of his team were alerted to a fight between two families. The families were fighting over a land. Sunday and his team responded to the distress call. On getting to the scene, one of the communities involved turned against the SARS team, and at the end of the day, Sunday didn’t return.”
Owoseni added: “The next day, I led a team of policemen to the community, to appeal to the religious leaders, traditional heads and members of the community to release Sunday, but they all denied having him in their custody.
"With the technical support of Intelligent Response Team (IRT) headed by DSP Philip, and a sustained detective activity, Sunday's corpse was recovered with his AK-47 rifle, which was buried somewhere along the waterway. Four suspects have been arrested. The Baale of Oshoko village is among the suspects.”
The CP said that investigation has revealed that the Baale led other suspects to take oath of secrecy, to say they didn’t know the whereabouts of Sunday.
He disclosed that part of those that took the oath was the Baale’s two sons, who are still at large.The Baale, who identified himself as Aroki Badiru, denied his involvement in the murder of the policeman.
Badiru said: “I was in my house, when I heard that land grabbers had entered our community. Thereafter, I heard that one of the policemen had been attacked. I called a chief on phone to ask what happened; he told me that a policeman was killed by members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC).”
It will be recalled that Sunday’s remains were exhumed and taken to hospital for examination. He was discovered to have been tortured, his hands tied backward, before he was buried alive.
Owoseni said that the suspects would be arraigned. He reiterated that the law does not respect anyone.
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