The incident happened when tactical teams of the
Command comprising men drawn from RRS, Taskforce, Ajao Estate Division and
other divisions were carrying out raid of identified flashpoints and enforcing
the ban on use of motorcycles in restricted areas in the Estate and similar
places in the State.
The exercise was a routine proactive approach aimed at
curtailing activities of armed robbers and other criminal elements in the
State. Similar exercises were carried out in the past in other parts of the
state which have resulted in reduction in crimes in the areas.
After the
successful operations which led to the arrest of some of the suspects, other
criminal elements and hoodlums in their large number laid siege to the exit of
the Estate and attacked the policemen with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous
weapons.
Unfortunately, during the fatal attack, CSP Kazeem
Sumonu Abonde attached to the Operations Department of the Command was brutally
killed by the hoodlums. The DPO Ajao Estate, CSP Abdullahi Malla and other
Police officers equally sustained varying degrees of injuries. The corpse of
the deceased officer has been deposited at the Yaba Mainland Hospital for
autopsy.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu while
condemning the attack on the policemen who were carrying out legitimate duty at
the time, has directed that a discreet investigation into the incident should
be carried out immediately. The CP has equally vowed to ensure that all
suspects responsible for the dastardly act would be brought to book soon.
The Commissioner of Police has promised that this
mournful incident would not dampen the morale of the Command or discourage it
from carrying out its statutory duties of protecting lives and property of the
Citizens in Lagos State.
