Infringement on human rights by any person or group anywhere in the world is criminal. It is worse if carried out by a law enforcement agent such as the police. The worst is when the victim dies in custody. Rather than remain exceptions, torture and killing of suspects while in detention, as heinous as they…
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Published 11 May 2021
Family members and friends of Omolola Ejioye have been protesting the circumstances surrounding his death while in the custody of the Lagos State Police Command.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Ejioye was arrested during a robbery around Ladega in Ikorodu, where a motorcyclist was allegedly killed.
During the operation, it was learnt that policemen stormed the scene and Ejioye, who visited the area to check on his yet-to-be-identified girlfriend, was arrested.
Ejioye was detained at the Igbogbo Police Station from where he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, for further investigation.
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Published 10 May 2021
There was a protest at the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Monday over the death of a man, Omolola Rotimi Ejioye, also known as Eji, who was arrested for alleged murder.
According to Eji’s family members and the protesters, he died in the custody of Lagos State Police Command.
The police, however, denied the claim, clarifying that Eji was “never tortured to death but fell ill”.
During the protest on Monday, the placard-carrying youths alleged that the deceased was detained illegally.
One of the protesters, a nursing mother who came to the protest ground backing her baby, wailed that justice must be done.