The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, has stated that the police officers accused of assaulting lawyer Timothy Olamide on Wednesday morning at the State Police Command headquarters are officers from outside Lagos state who were on a visit.

CP Fayoade said this when he met with the lawyer and vowed that the police officers must be identified for prompt disciplinary measures.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that the lawyer, Olamide lamented how he was beaten like a condemned criminal by some police officers at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja, the state capital.

Olamide, who took to his X handle to narrate his ordeal, said that he had gone to the police command on Wednesday morning on behalf of his colleague to find out about a client who was arrested sometime in February but only to be beaten up and warned that not all cases could be handled by lawyers.

Calling on the police authorities to look into the matter, Olamide said he went to the police command with all manner of respect and humility.
In a statement issued by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said that the officers who assaulted the lawyer were among visiting policemen who came from outside Lagos for suspects arrested for them.

The police spokesperson said that “Upon receipt of a tweet made by a lawyer, one Timothy Olamide Olaniyi, alleging that a police officer assaulted him within the premises of the Lagos State Command headquarters, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade, immediately invited him to facilitate appropriate actions.

“The Command uses this medium once again to encourage Lagosians to reach out to the Complaint Response Unit (lagos.npf.gov.ng) or any senior officer (in person or via the already publicised phone numbers) when they have complaints against police action.”