The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained
Five policemen who allegedly murdered of a commercial motorcyclist, popular known as Okada rider in Nigerian parlance, and secretly buried him in a shallow grave to conceal the crime have been arrested by the Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Police..
According reports, the deceased, Aondona Tavershima, 24, was shot and killed by policemen attached to Maroko Police Station after he allegedly refused to stop when flagged down in the Lekki area of Lagos State.
It was learnt that the policemen, who committed the awful act at about 11 am, acted swiftly to cover their crime: they rushed body of the deceased to Lekki Beach and buried him.
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Aderenti.
The policemen, it was alleged, further shot him repeatedly after he had fallen off his motorbike on receiving the first bullet.
He died on the spot.
The policemen would have gotten away with the murder of Tavershima, but for a fellow cyclist, who witnessed the murder and raised the alarm.
The deceased’s elder sister, Linda, alleged that the police offered her N10 million settlement to ensure the matter was not taken further.
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Moroko Police Station offered the bribe, cajoling Linda to go home and think about the money.
But rather than think about the money, Linda and other family members contacted a lawyer, demanding justice.
The Police Public Relations Officer for Lagos State, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, who confirmed the incident, said that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, ordered for the immediate arrest of the suspected policemen.
Nwosu said: “Five policemen are currently being detained, while the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, has since commenced an investigation.
“If found guilty, the officers will be made to face the wrath of the law.”
