229 suspects arrested by the police for allegedly using the #EndSARS protest to destroy and loot public and private properties in the state will face prosecution, the Lagos State Ministry of Justice has said.
In a statement by the Ministry’s Director, Public Affairs, Mr Kayode Oyekanmi, on Saturday, it explained that the Lagos State Director of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, had gone round relevant police formations to evaluate files of those arrested by the police with a view to determining those that have prima facie cases against them.
The DPP was accompanied by a team of prosecutors, in the evaluation tour
The statement disclosed that the 229 suspects were arrested for various criminal offences ranging from arson, murder, stealing, malicious damage of properties and assault before and after the state-wide curfew.
The curfew was imposed by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Oct. 20 to restore law and order in the state.
“The Lagos State Ministry of Justice noted that after the evaluation exercise that those that have cases to answer will be arraigned before the courts while the others will be releasednan.“
