Lagos State Police Command has dismissed Sgt. Samuel Phillips, who allegedly killed an 18-year-old female admission seeker, Monsurat Ojuade in the Ijeshatedo area of Surulere, Lagos.
Spokesman of the State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, who disclosed this
in a statement on Friday said Phillips would be arraigned in court.
Ajisebutu made this known in a statement titled, ‘Ijeshatedo Shooting Incident:
Sgt Samuel Philipps Dismissed From Service, To Be Arraigned In Court’.
We had reported that Phillips shot dead the 18-year-old admission seeker, who
reportedly scored 236 in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations
and was awaiting admission when she was killed.
“This is to inform the general public that Sgt Samuel Philipps who was tried
for the shooting incident of 11th September, 2021 that led to the death of
Monsurat Ojuade has been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force. He was
dismissed after conclusion of his orderly room trial. The suspect will be
charged to court today for murder.
“Recall that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had
promised that the matter would be properly investigated and that justice would
be served. This action is, therefore, done in fulfilment of that promise.
“The Commissioner of Police further sympathises with the bereaved family, and
reiterates his earlier promise that justice would be done in this case,” the
statement read.
According to PUNCH, counsel for the Ojuade Family, Israel Mbaebie, said the
Command should make known its findings to the public. The lawyer also frowned
at the supposed hasty arraignment of the suspect at Yaba Magistrates’ Court
today.
Mbaebie in a statement titled, ‘Re: Update On The Gruesome Murder Of Monsurat
Ojuade’ on Thursday, said, “We regret to note that while our clients’ demands
have been totally ignored if not snubbed by the police, they have gone ahead to
fix the arraignment of the alleged killer cop and only informing us just about
12 hours prior to the said arraignment.
“Our clients frown at this disrespectful and lackadaisical attitude of the
police and also wonder how it has been easier for them to organise an orderly
room trial of the so-called killer police without making public their finding till
date and now, arraignment without making public the full identity of the
culprit as earlier demanded by our clients.
“The gruesome and brutal murder of late Monsurat Ojuade can never be swept
under the carpet. We must ensure that she and her family get the justice that
they deserve and desire. Justice must be served and rightly so.”
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