The four policemen caught on camera allegedly killing two suspected robbers have been dismissed and charged to court, the command said on Thursday.
Inspector Fabiyi Omomayara, Sergeant Olaniyi Solomon, Sergeant Solomon Sunday and Corporal Aliyu Mukaila were alleged to have killed the victims on August 19. They were alleged to have shot dead the suspects they arrested for allegedly robbing a man of his phone valued at N450,000.
The policemen, who had disarmed the suspects of a locally-made gun and cartridges they used in attacking their victim; took them to a commercial bus and suddenly shot them, a video that surfaced online showed.
The suspects were immediately arrested and subjected to orderly room trial on the instruction of Police Commissioner Zubairu Muazu.
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According to a statement yesterday by spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), the policemen were found culpable, dismissed and charged with conspiracy and murder before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
Elkana said they were subsequently remanded in prison custody pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
He said: “The policemen were subjected to internal disciplinary proceedings at the Provost Department. They were tried on three count charges bordering on discreditable conduct; unlawful and unnecessary exercise of authority and damage to article.
“The four policemen were found guilty and awarded the punishment of dismissal from service and prosecution. They were subsequently handed over to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Yaba, Lagos for prosecution in a conventional court.
“The four suspects, ex-Inspector Fabiyi Omomayara, ex-Sergeant Olaniyi Solomon, ex-Sergeant Solomon Sunday and ex-Corporal Aliyu Mukaila were on August 22 arraigned at Magistrates’ Court 5 in Ebute Meta, Lagos for conspiracy and murder and were remanded in Ikoyi prison. The case is adjourned till September 29 for DPP advice. This will act as a deterrent to others.”
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