Police redeploy squad commander over N10m bribery allegation in Lagos
The police in Lagos have redeployed the Tactical Squad Commander of the Okokomaiko Drawl, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Segun Ajao, following allegations of accepting N10 million in bribes from suspected cultists and altering their fees.
The Guardian learnt that six contributors of the Neo Sunless Spin, usually identified as Aiye Sunless Axe, had been arrested on March 19, 2025, in the Agric home of the neighborhood after complaints about their nocturnal activities and assaults on residents.
The suspects, usually known as Tayo Seton, Efe Emeakpor, Wisdom Naro, Sodiq Oladimeji, Oluwafunso Emiloju, and Emmanuel Marshal, had been chanced on with dreadful weapons, including in the community made double-barrel weapons, battle axes, short pistols, AK47 ammunition, and charms. They reportedly confessed to being contributors of the Confraternity.
The neighborhood praised the police for the arrests and urged them to continue attempting to search out other contributors of the crowd.
Subsequently, the Police Investigation Officer (IPO), Inspector Yahaya Abule, approached the Iba Justice of the Peace’s Court docket on March 20, 2025, with an affidavit to develop a 30-day remand philosophize to recover an AK47 rifle whose ammunition had been chanced on with the suspects.
After the remand duration, the suspects had been arraigned underneath charge number CR/MISC/IB/3/6/2025 on seven counts, including unlawful association, cultism, and unlawful possession of firearms. The suspects reportedly pleaded responsible, and the magistrate ordered their remand in a correctional facility, adjourning the case to April 14, 2025, for a ruling.
On the opposite hand, the case took an unexpected flip when politicians allegedly visited the Tactical Squad Drawl, and money reportedly exchanged hands.
The fashioned seven-depend charge modified into diminished to two counts: misdemeanour and unlawful association, with cultism and unlawful possession of firearms eradicated.
The magistrate granted bail to the suspects, and their households without observe met the bail instances, leading to their free up.
Outraged by the flip of events, the neighborhood, previously relieved by the arrests, engaged attorneys Yinka Muyiwa and Olurundare Sowunmi, who petitioned the Commissioner of Police (CP) Jimoh Oluhundare Moshood. They expressed snarl about the downgraded fees and called for an intensive investigation to reinstate appropriate fees against the suspects.
The spokesperson for the Lagos Declare Police Drawl, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the redeployment of the Tactical Squad Commander and the institution of a committee to study the allegations.
The commissioner emphasised that the notify doesn't tolerate corruption or compromise in investigative procedures and assured the public that any officer chanced on responsible of misconduct would face disciplinary trudge.
