Authorities of the Lagos State Police Command have redeployed the Divisional Police Officer of Elemoro to pave way for unhindered and thorough investigation in the report against the Officer in an Online Vanguard Newspaper Publication of 24th April, 2025.

To this end, the Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has set up a 5-man committee of senior officers headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), including the OC Legal of the Command to investigate all the allegations in the report and submit findings within a week.

According to a statement by Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin,
the DPO and other officers involved have been transferred out of Elemoro Division to pave way for a thorough and unhindered investigation into the allegations in the report.

Hundeyin’s says the outcome of the investigation will certainly  be made public.

The Commissioner of Police has extended invitation to the lawyer concerned for a meeting at his own convenience with the committee set up to investigate the allegations.

Jimoh said the Police Command does not support any form of inhuman treatment or miscarriage of justice in any form and will make sure that if the officers involved are found wanting, in anyway, appropriate disciplinary measures are applied to serve as effective deterrent to others.

He implored the public to have trust in the Police and be assured that every wrongdoing proven against any officer will certainly be redressed.