Six policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, have been arrested in connection with the death of a 33-year-old apprentice, Emmanuel Orimisan, in the Ilaje-Ajah area of Lagos State.
The officers are currently in detention at the Force Criminal Investigations Department Annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi area of the state.
A report by Punch stated that the accused officers were arrested on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 after investigations showed that they were culpable in the killing of the young man.
The officers who were on a raid to get some robbery suspects from their hideout, gunned down the deceased instantly after he came out of the building where he was sleeping when he heard sporadic gunshots.
The officers reportedly took away the corpse according to one Adeogo, an elder brother to the deceased man.
He said, “There were six policemen who came to the area on that day. All of them are now in custody. Since July, the police slowed down investigations on the matter, but the family kept on writing petitions to the right groups. Eventually, the six of them were picked up last week.
“They are in the cell as we speak, and there are indications they will be taken to court before the end of the month.
“The boy was neither a cult member nor an armed robber as the policemen initially claimed. He was not married and he lost his father just last year. They shot him and also took his corpse away from the scene. But after the pressure mounted on the police by rights groups, the officers have now been arrested, and we learnt they will be taken to court very soon.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, is yet to confirm the arrest as at the time of filing this report
