The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Lagos State issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, threatening to institute legal action against policemen who illegally invaded a community in Makoko area of Yaba, Lagos, killing at least one and leaving others residents wounded.
Their threat was contained in a petition to the State Governor, over the unlawful invasion of Ori-Alala Temidire in Makoko Area of Yaba Lagos and burning of The Act of The Apostle Church, by some police officers. They also indicted the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Edgar Imohinmi who they accused of shielding the policemen.
The group urges Governor Ambode to act fast and ensure the culprit, alleged leader of the killer team Mr. Jide Bakare is brought to book, as no punitive action was taken to instill deterrence aside redeployment of the affected officers.
“On Thursday 10th of May 2018 the Lagos State Taskforce on land grabber committee led by the Chairman Mr. Jide Bakare invaded the Ori-oke community with contingent of fully armed policemen from D9 Section of the SCIID Panti, Makoko Police Station, Anti-kidnapping unit all led by their OCs and DPOs.
They however, lament the pathetic situation that pervades the affected community ever since, “the incident on 10th may 2018 till date today making it 153 days the corpses of the two innocent men Mr. Seyi Akintimehin and that of Mr. Kolawole Iwalokun that were shot dead by the trigger happy officer Mr. Seun Awolu (ijaya) and others officers are still in the mortuary yet to be buried and other victims that sustained gunshot injuries from the attack and unlawful invasion are
also still undergoing treatment .
“Leaving the financial burden to the victims respective family but the trigger happy officers Mr.Jide Bakare, CSP Edobor, Aidonogie, SP Oloruntoba Seun Awolu (ijaya) and others are moving around freely boasting that nothing will happen and truly till date nothing has
happened.
“In the foregoing, the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Lagos state is using this medium in demanding that you should use your good office and person as the Executive Governor and the number one security officer of this state to as a matter of urgency wade into
this matter because the person that led the killer team Mr.Jide Bakare is serving your Government as we all know that the Lagos state task force on land grabber committee is your establishment under the Lagos state ministry of Justice.
“We demand that since the CP has compromise, you set up an independent panel of enquiry to look into this matter holistically and submit their report/findings so that those found wanting be brought to justice in other to serve as a deterrent to others so that the corpses of the victims can be release to their relatives for burial.
The group also threatened to take up the gauntlet legally in defense of the hapless members of the community after the expiration of 21 days ultimatum.
“ If by after 21 days from the date of the receipt of this petition we did not receive or observe any positive development on the matter the coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Lagos State shall not hesitate to on behalf of the victims family take further necessary lawful action”. CCSO said.
The CCSO petition was signed by Comrade Alex Omotehinse, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) Lagos branch, Comrade Adeola Samuel Ilori Esq. Human and Consumer Rights Advocacy, Comrade Shina Loremikan, Human Rights Development Advancement Centre (HURIDAC) and Comrade Funmi Jolade Ajayi Community Women Initiative (CWI).