On Thursday, the Lagos State Police Command brought a 27-year-old man named Wasiu Akingbola before an Ikeja Magistrates Court sitting at Ogba for allegedly attacking a police officer and setting fire to a police station. Wasiu Akingbola was arraigned in this case.
Assault, arson, causing physical harm, and membership in a hidden cult are the four charges that have been brought against Akingbola.
Inspector Kokoye Olusegun, who is in charge of the prosecution for the police department, said before the court that the alleged crimes were committed on May 29, 2023, by the defendant as well as other individuals who are still at large.
According to him, the incident took place at approximately three in the morning at the Oregun Police Post in the Oregun Ikeja neighbourhood of Lagos.
Olusegun testified in front of the court that the defendant, in addition to approximately 15 other members of the Supreme Eiye Confraternity, was responsible for instigating the assault on the police post.
He stated that the defendant, along with his cohorts, had demanded that the officer on duty, Inspector Eche Emmanuel, release one Inspector Kabiru for them. However, when it was explained to them that the officer was not stationed at the outpost, the hoodlums assaulted the officer on duty, set fire to the police outpost, and fled.
The prosecutor continued by explaining to the court that Akingbola was taken into custody at the Alausa Police Station for an unrelated crime after the officer who was working the shift at the Oregun station spotted him and notified the DPO.
According to him, the violations of the law that were carried out were in violation of Sections 411, 170, 173/174 (b), 341 (a), and 2(3)(a)(b)(c)(d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.
Mrs. Sakirat Obasa, the Magistrate, did not take the defendant’s plea. Instead, she postponed the case to September 25, 2023, so that the Director of Public Prosecution may give his or her opinion on the matter.
