Lagos Police Command Refutes False Allegation Against Traffic Division, Vows Not To Accept Attempts To Malign The Police

LUCKY AKRA

The Lagos State Police Command has refuted a story of assault and unlawful seizure of some items leveled against its Motor Traffic Division by one Oluomo of Shasha.

The Command in its statement issued on Sunday 1st November, 2020, has taken its stand not to accept or approbate any cheap blackmail, false allegation and unwarranted outburst to rubbish and malign the Police Institution.

According to the Lagos State spokesperson, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the attention of the Lagos State Command was drawn according to him, to false, baseless and mischievous story on Facebook and other social media links by one Oluomo of Shasha, who is said to have wrongly alleged the officer in charge of the State Motor Traffic Division, CSP Titilayo Oriyomi and some other traffic officers on duty at Simbiat Junction by Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos on Friday 13th December, 2019, of assault and unlawful seizure of his items.

The PPRO’s narration, “The Command was taken aback by this unfounded allegation from someone, who ought to have been charged to Court for conduct likely to cause breach of peace, harassing, obstructing and threatening to kill the Police operatives within three days of the incident with his diabolical powers”.

Recalling back what happened he said, “The command wishes to set the record straight that on Friday, 13th December, 2019, at about 10pm, the man, popularly known as Oluomo of Shasha, approached one of the Police traffic officers at Simbiat Junction by Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos State, challenged and harassed him for negligence and not controlling the traffic while the other traffic officer was busy managing the heavy traffic at that odd hour. The Oluomo almost hit the Police officer with a charm, threatening to kill the Policemen within three days except they appease his gods”.

“The officers immediately called the attention of the Officer In charge of the Motor Traffic Division of the Command, who is an award winning and dedicated cop, to intervene, which she did. She waded into the matter professionally and settled it amicably for peace to reign. But the Oluomo, who claimed to be returning from where he was initiated into a cult, insisted to get some amount of money to appease his gods, since he had been provoked to be para-annoyed, in order to avert untimely deaths on the police officers.”

According to him, after the intervention of the OC MTD,CSP Oriyomi Titilayo, who discourage her officers from raising money to settle the bills from him. This made Oluomo not happy and satisfied with the decision of the OC MTD.

The PPRO further stated that the Command has perceived the story on “social media war” as an afterthought and act of seeking relevance and cheap public sympathy in furtherance to the recent #EndSARS outcry.
The Command has wondered why the Oluomo of Shasha did not raise any allegation of assault or seizure of his items almost nine months after the incident.

He stated that the Command will not approbate to any cheap blackmail.
The Command therefore, urges the general public to disregard such allegation, which was a calculated attempt to seek cheap public attention at this time. 
“We remain resolute to consolidating the principles of Community Policing and human relations for effective policing of Lagos State” he said.