He said that the manager reported that the same Friday, at 8pm, while on a routine check in hotel rooms, she discovered the woman’s lifeless body on a bed.
The police spokesman said: “On receipt of the information, a team of detectives visited and cordoned off the scene, photographed the corpse and the room.
“Efforts are on top gear to evacuate the corpse to the morgue and locate the relatives of the deceased.
“We are working hard to unravel the identity of the yet unknown man, who lodged with the deceased and who allegedly fled the scene, for possible arrest.”
Security operatives have arrested two young ladies identified as Miss Obiorah Uchechukwu Peace and Miss Princess Amah for allegedly engaging in lesbianism in the Mushin area of the state.
According to the police, the incident occurred on Monday, June 26, 2023, stating that the suspects have been taken into custody.
According to a police source, the timely intervention of the police helped in rescuing the suspects from being lynched by angry mob.
A source told our reporter that members of the LGBTQ family in the state have started mobilising lawyers to make sure that the ladies are not sent to jail.
Police authorities vowed to make sure that the suspects are jailed to serve as a deterrent to others engaging in the act.
Already, one of the suspects, Miss Obiorah Uchechukwu Peace has confessed that she is a lesbian and that it was the devil who took her into this practice.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Nigeria risk 14-year jail terms if caught engaging in the act.
There were outcries on the social media on Sunday over the killing of a 20-year-old woman by policemen in Ajegunle, Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos.
Ada Ifeanyi was shot dead at 4b, Amusa Lane, off Ojo Road, Ajegunle on Saturday morning.
The policemen also shot 32-year-old Emmanuel Akomafuwa, of 52, Babatunde Street, Olodi Apapa, at Akpiri Street, Olodi Apapa.
However, Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained five police officers involved in the dastard act.
As the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP) releases the photograph of the officers, many took to social media to demand justice for the slain women.
The officers, they said, should be tried as quickly as possible and be made to face a similar fate.
This, some said, would teach others lesson.
Donatus Igwe tweeted that the killing of innocent people by policemen is one too many.
“We cannot continue like this. We deserve a better policing that what we are getting. There is a need for psychological tests on our officers before we hand over guns to them,” he said.
May Ubeku @maybeks wrote that for every Nigerian killed by the police, they are pushing Nigerians to the wall.
“They (the police) make us feel helpless and hunted. This may backfire someday and the hunter would be hunted irrespective of the guns they carry. #endpolicebrutality,” she said.
Another tweeter @IchieDNonsHRM wrote: “Unfortunately, it is not the @PoliceNG that is the enemy of the youths in Nigeria. It is the Nigerian government itself that is the enemy of the youths.”
Yemi Fasipe on @YemieFASH responded that “Today, it is okay to say that the Nigerian Police is an enemy of the Nigerian Youths.
According to him, “We are yet to get over the murder of Kolade Johnson by men of the @PoliceNG, and just barely a week after they have killed another innocent Nigerian youth. Jessica (Ada) did not commit any crime. Looks like they have concluded to be killing us weekly. #EndPoliceBrutality.”
Another tweeter @dubbledizzle said: “These police officers are usually in a unit headed by a leader/superior officer. Until their unit commanders are also held responsible, these killings will still continue. #holdtheirsuperiorsresponsibleToo”
Elkana gave the names of the arrested officers as Inspector Adamu Usman, Sergeants Adeyeye Adeoye, Kashim Tijani, Lucky Akigbe and Paul Adeoye.
According to him, Inspector Dania Ojo, who escaped immediately after the shooting, is declared wanted by the command.
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Zubairu Muazu, he said, called for calm, as the command will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that justice prevails.
He added that the CP expressed the command’s deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ada Ifeanyi and promised to foot the bills of Emmanuel Akomafuwa.
Elkana said: “The victims were taken to a hospital and Ada was confirmed dead. Emmanuel is on admission receiving treatment for the injury he sustained.
“Members of the team suspected to be involved in the shooting are from Trinity Police Station and are facing internal disciplinary proceedings at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja.
“Their rifles have been retrieved for forensic analysis by ballisticians. If found wanting, they will be prosecuted at a conventional court for murder.
Wanted Insp. Dania Ojo who escaped after the shooting.
“The policemen arrested are:
“Lagos State Police Command condemned in total, these senseless killings of unarmed civilians by few ‘bad eggs’ in the command, who are bent on denting the image of the police.
“The command will not relent in its efforts in ridding the force of these criminals. Those involved in extrajudicial killings and abuse of power are promptly identified, isolated, tried through internal disciplinary proceedings, dismissed from service and prosecuted in conventional courts.”
Elkana added that the command had in the last one month dismissed four policemen for abuse of power and conducts unbecoming of police officers and punished 41 others.
“The four dismissed policemen were charged to court and remanded in prison custody. Our resolve in building a more humane, professional, dedicated, courageous and people-oriented force is a task that must be done and together we can make it a reality,” he said.
The Police yesterday named the officers who allegedly killed a football fan, Kolade Johnson, on Sunday night, at Onipetesi near Ikeja, Lagos.
They are Inspector Ogunyemi Olalekan and Sergeant Godwin Orji.
A statement by Lagos State Command spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the officers, who are of the Anti-cultism Unit, are now in detention.
The statement said Police Commissioner Zubairu Muazu led some of his men to visit the bereaved family yesterday.
On Muazu’s entourage were the Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) Ayuba Elkanah, Mohammed Ali and Yetunde Longe, who are in charge of Administration, Operation and the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID).
Muazu assured the family that justice would be done and prayed for the repose of Johnson’s soul.
He said the arrested officers had been subjected to internal disciplinary measures.
Receiving the police chief in their home at 1, Beco Street, Onipetesi, the family head, Alhaji Remi Lukman, hailed him for the ‘’bold step’’ taken to expose those behind the shooting.
According to eyewitnesses, a police team, which stormed Olu Aboderin Street, Onipetesi on Sunday to arrest a suspected cultist, shot sporadically into the air after apprehending their target.
The late Johnson, who was then watching the Liverpool versus Tottenham match, was said to have been hit by a stray bullet.
Some residents of Mangoro/Onipetesi community in Lagos on Sunday went on a rampage blocking the Oshodi/Abeokuta expressway in protest against the killing of a youth in the area.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the angry residents blocked the major roads with tyres and woods after a youth was allegedly shot dead by policemen from AntiCultism Unit of Lagos State Command.
NAN learnt that an unmarked commercial bus occupied by the policemen had visited the community on Sunday afternoon in search of youths dressed wildly and wore dreadlocks.
NAN gathered that one of the police operatives allegedly shot dead a youth simply identified as Kunle from behind in an attempt to disperse a crowd which had gathered during the raid.
A witness, who gave his name as Ayo, told NAN everything happened in a flash.
“F-SARS had come to arrest one of the boys of a major music producer who was wears dreads; I and some others who were drinking at a bar saw what was happening and quickly explained to the policemen that he was not a Yahoo boy.
“They ignored our talks and kept dragging the boy to their vehicle, we all came out from the bar and kept explaining to the policemen that they were arresting a wrong person.
“In an attempt to disperse the crowd, a first shot was fired to the ground.
“Seeing this, I and the others quickly turned back to avoid trouble but because Kunle was probably the last person in the crowd, he was shot point-blank from behind.
“He didn’t even know he was shot till we had trekked some few metres before we all saw he was bleeding, he died on his way to the hospital at Ikeja,” the witness said.
NAN reports that following the incident, angry residents blocked the major road, setting tyres ablaze and obstructing commuters from passing.
Spokesman for Lagos State Police Command, Bala Elkana, told NAN he was yet to be briefed of the incident as at 9pm on Sunday.
Lagos Police Commissioner Zubairu Muazu has again appealed to residents to come out on Saturday and exercise their franchise, assuring that nothing would disrupt the peace, security in the state.
Muazu gave the assurance after a meeting with all heads of security agencies in the state held at the command headquarters in Ikeja.
According to the police chief, security had been adequately deployed across the state to ensure peaceful conduct of the exercise, security of lives and properties.
A statement released by the spokesman for the command Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) appealed to residents to contact emergency numbers- Control 1: 08127155132 and 07035068242; Control 2: 08127155150 and 08065154338 Control 3: 08127155071 and 08063299264- in case of any distress.
Oti said: “The CP restates that the command, as part of its commitment to a peaceful conduct of the polls, has adequately deployed men and officers to different parts of the state.
“He assures Lagosians that the command in collaboration with other sister agencies has put in place all the necessary security measures to ensure that the exercise is free, fair and credible.
“The CP says eligible voters have no cause to entertain fear or feel intimidated in performing their civic duty, urging them to conduct themselves in a peaceful and orderly manner.
“He warns violence-minded people to steer clear from engaging in acts capable of truncating the election, noting that whoever is caught will face the full weight of the law.“
The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday insisted Auditor of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Mustapha Adekunle (aka Seigo) is still a wanted man.
Adekunle, the command said, should report to the command in his own interest.
He was declared wanted by the police on Tuesday for attempting to disrupt a rally organised by the Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) to kick-off the campaign of its governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Skypower Grounds, Ikeja Government Reservation Area (GRA).
But Adekunle described the police action as a “frame-up.”
Police spokesman Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent (CSP), told The Nation 14 more people have been arrested in connection with the skirmishes
“Adekunle is still wanted. Although, we have arrested 14 more people in connection with the crisis, making 16 suspects.
“The command is not relenting in its quest to apprehend all the people that were involved in the skirmishes.
“We are going after all of them. At the end of the investigations, all those involved would be charged to court.
“In the best interest of Seigo, (Adekunle), he should report himself to the police,” Oti said.
Meanwhile, scores of sympathisers on Wednesday besieged EKO Hospital, Ikeja where NURTW State Treasurer Musiliu Akinsanya (a.k.a MC Oluomo), who was stabbed in the head, stomach and hand at the rally, is recuperating.
A police vehicle was parked in front of the hospital.
Some policemen were seen interrogating those going into the hospital.
The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested six suspects for allegedly dispossessing motorists of valuables at gunpoint.
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Imohimi Edgal, confirmed the arrest to newsmen at the State’s Police Command Headquarters, stressing that the suspects were arrested on Jan. 2.
‘‘On Jan. 2, information was received from a reliable source that some hoodlums, armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, were dispossessing motorists of their valuables around Ajegunle area of Alakuko, Lagos.
‘‘On receipt of the information, operatives from Alakuko Police Station mobilised to the scene.
‘‘However, on sighting the policemen, the armed robbers ran in different directions to avoid being arrested but were chased, leading to the arrest of one, who led to the arrest of others.
‘‘Exhibits recovered from them include cutlasses and daggers.
The Police Command in Lagos state says it has arrested two robbery suspects and recovered a gun with some ammunition.
CSP Dolapo Badmos, Police Public Relations Officer of Zone 2, said this on Wednesday while addressing newsmen at the headquarters of the command in Lagos.
Badmos said the arrest was made through operatives from Zonal Intervention squad.
The PPRO said the suspects are Oseni Uman 34, and Taiwo Orwgbemi, 46years.
According to Badmos, on Dec. 31, 2018, at about 09:30hours, the command operatives while on visibility policing around Ogere Remo, Ogun State, intercepted a Toyota Sienna Bus, brown in colour with two occupants.
“On flagging down the vehicle the suspects attempted to escape but the policemen were able to nab them due to their alertness.
“On searching the vehicle, a locally made cut to size gun, with three live cartridges were recovered and consequently they were moved to police base for investigation,” she said.
Badmos said the suspects, during interrogation, confessed to have robbed residents of Akobo area of Ibadan, in Oyo state, where they stole goods worth millions of naira.
“They stated further that part of their loots like phones; laptops and other gadgets have been sold to some receivers in Oyo state while the sienna bus was being taken to Lagos for a ready buyer.
“The suspects confessed to have formed a gang while serving their jail term in Agodi Prison, Ibadan, as they further revealed that their operational base is in Ibadan.
“The operational strategy the command put in place for the yuletide actually paid off,” she said.
She stated further that the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, AIG Lawal Shehu,had directed the operatives to fish out other suspects involved in the crime.
“This will assist in ensuring due prosecution of the case,” she said.
