Two weeks after an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority
(LASTMA), Surajudeen Olatunji Bakare was brutally killed by irate mob in
Apapa, indications have emerged that the Lagos State Police Command is
under intense pressure by the Lagos State government to fish out the killers
of Bakare.
Sources in the state Ministry of Justice told us that the
government has already written to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai
Owoseni, demanding the arrest of the culprits. The incident took place on
December 15.
The letter was said to have been written following the failure of the police to
arrest the perpetrators of the dastardly act despite the fact that the video had
already gone viral on the Internet with faces of the culprits.
Bakare, a Level 14 officer, was said to have been attacked by the irate mob,
who removed his two eyes and stabbed him after which he was stoned to
death.
A source who did not want to be named confirmed the existence of the letter,
noting that it was dated December 28, 2016 and written by the Attorney
General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem.
According to the letter, which was obtained by our correspondent, Kazeem
said it was important for the police to promptly fish out the perpetrators of
the dastardly act and turn them in to face necessary legal action.
Excerpts of the letter read: “The late Bakare was a LASTMA official, who was
in Apapa area of the state, executing his lawful duties and it was in
exercising this duty that he was attacked and murdered by persons that have
apparently been visually recorded and same circulated on social media.
“This is a crime that is clearly an affront to civilisation and the sustenance of
law and order, which the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode,
has sworn to uphold.”


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