Inspector Festus, aka Ijaya, who a suspected robber, Akeem Popoola, says he works for, has been summoned by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni.
This is just as the command confirmed that the inspector’s full name is Festus Omotosho, adding that investigation had commenced into the allegation raised against him by the suspect.
Owoseni said Ijaya, who is attached to the command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, would be sanctioned accordingly if found culpable of the allegation.
PUNCH Metro had exclusively reported Akeem’s account of how Ijaya gave him phones to sell to unsuspecting members of the public.
The spokesperson for the Lagos Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, also said on Monday, that the CP had summoned Ijaya.
She added that the force would prosecute the inspector if he was found complicit in the crime.
She said, “Our officers are not identified by alias. The officer, Inspector Festus Omotosho, has been summoned by the CP and investigation has commenced into the issue as raised by the report. Be assured that if he is in any way culpable, the command will sanction him; and if it is evident that he has perpetrated any criminality, the leadership of the force will ensure that he is prosecuted.”