Rights group wants IGP, PSC to caution Panti Police Officers over Purported invitation

…Plans to write Police authorities for detailing of Officers’ hatchet jobs

A human rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social
Justice (CHRSJ) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP)
and the authority of the Police Service Commission(PSC) to caution the
officers and men of State Criminal Investigation Department
(CID),Panti-Yaba, Lagos State over incessant purported invitation to
Nigeria citizens on frivolities.

The group also disclosed that the Police officers attached to Panti
State Criminal Investigation department(CID) should not see themselves
above the law of the land  by wearying of using the respected Police
department to issue a purported invitation letter always to law
abiding citizens of the country without any cogent reason.

It further stated that the Police officers should be able to distance
themselves from any matter regarding land, debt and so on because they
should not turn Nigeria Police Station to debt collector,land
collector and others civil issues because it was only court of
competent jurisdiction that have power to entertain such matters and
also settle it among  the citizenry.

It would be recalled recently that the same Panti CID Police officers
were employed  by one Pastor Alabi with phone number:-08028915916 , in
their bid to take over a residential building belonging to 73 year old
widow, Alhaja Ayisatu Alasela of N0 8, Bakare Opesha Street,Papa
Shafa, Agege in the State illegally until the intervention of the Save
Lagos Group(SLG).

The Police officers being fingered in the said bid were;DCP, Woman
Officer Yetunde, Ola Adefarasin with phone number:-09091221315, and
Reuben with Phone number:-07014257498

The purported invitation letter dated and signed by one ACP Oketunji
Lawrence Sola for Deputy Commissioner of Police,State Criminal
Investigation Department Yaba-Lagos which shows clearly that the
letter was brought out for certain purpose without the knowledge of
Police authority in that axis of the Nigeria Police Force(NPF),that is
Panti State Criminal Investigation Department(CID), noting that such
letter was another hatchet job from certain erring Police officers.

The purported letter captioned “Letter of Invitation” that  “This
office is investigating a case in which your attention would be needed
to shed more light on the matter.You are implored to interview the
Deputy Commissioner of Police ,State Criminal Investigation
Department,Yaba,Lagos,on 8th October,2020 at 1000 am through O/C
Monitor 2. It is a fact finding invitation, your co-operation in this
regard will be appreciated, please.”

Reacting on Thursday to the invitation to one Madam Jumoke Yusuf of
Road 84,Betta Soup,Mobil Road Junction,Opp. Foye
Pharmacy,Gedegede,Ajah ,Lagos, without cogent reason,the CHRSJ’S
Executive Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, maintained that
mere reading the letter,he quoted as follows; ” You are implored to
interview the Deputy Commissioner of Police ,State Investigation
Department,Yaba, Lagos,on 8th October,2020at 1000am O/C Monitor 2″,
adding that  it would be seen that they just used the letter
head-paper of Nigeria Police Force to write this incoherent letter.

The rights activist further stated that the right group (CHRSJ) would
soon write the Police boss(IGP),Lagos State Police Commissioner and
the authority of the Police Service Commission (PSC) to details all
the evil and hatchet duties being used the respected State
Investigation Department to perpetrate by some officers of the
department.

Sulaiman therefore, explained that the rights group would also
approached the Court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of Madam
Jumoke Yusuf of the aforementioned address, to fight for her
fundamental human rights in order to protect  her from illegal and
unjust arrest of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

Signed:

COMRADE ADENIYI, ALIMI SULAIMAN,
(Revolutionary Alfa),
Executive Chairman,Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice ( CHRSJ).
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