A chief magistrates court in Ebute Meta area of Lagos state has ordered that four men of the Special Armed Response Squad (SARS) who allegedly killed two unsuspected robbers in Iba axis, be remanded in prison. Legit.ng reports that the state police public relations officer, DSP Bala Elkana, in a statement on Thursday, August 22, said the the policemen were subjected to internal disciplinary proceedings at the provost department. He said they were tried on three count charges bothering on discreditable conduct, unlawful and unnecessary exercise of authority and damage to article. It would be recalled that the state commissioner of police, Zubairu Muazu, ordered the arrest of four police officers involved in extrajudicial killings of two unarmed suspects at Iba.
According to him, the four policemen were found guilty and awarded the punishment of dismissal from service and prosecution, adding that they were handed over to ho.micide section of the state criminal investigation department Yaba for prosecution in conventional court. He said: “The four suspects: ex-inspector Fabiyi Omomayara, ex-sergeant Olaniyi Solomon, ex-sergeant Solomon Sunday and ex-corporal Aliyu Mukaila were on August 22, 2019, arraigned in magistrate court 5 Ebute Meta for conspiracy and murder and were remanded in Ikoyi prison. “The case is adjourned to 23/09/2019 for DPP advice. This will serve as deterrent to others.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the Lagos state police command announced the arrest of four police officers who allegedly killed two unarmed robbery suspects. It was reported that Elkana revealed that the four officers were in police custody pending investigation.
