The Police Command in Lagos State has sanctioned two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) and one Inspector for alleged unprofessional conduct.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on his verified Twitter handle on Friday.
The officers, according to Hundeyin, are ASP Adedeji Babatunde, ASP Ebiloma John and Insp. Obidah Daniel, attached to the Sagamu Road Police Division in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
According to reports the three officers were arrested after a video showing their unprofessional conduct against 24-year-old David Ogunnusi, a Youth Corps member serving in Lagos and his brother went viral.
According to Hundeyin, Ogunnusi told the police that the incident happened at New Garage, Ikorodu at about 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, while they were heading to Ojota.
He said that the policemen allegedly stopped them and started harassing them.
The police spokesman said that the men were identified through the video that went viral, stressing that the officers as well as the corps members were at the command’s headquarters on Friday, for investigation.
Hundeyin said that after a careful study of the statements of all involved, it came to light that the police officers acted unprofessionally in demanding to whisk the corps member and his brother to the station for a search.
