In relation to the killing of Basit Kolade, who was purportedly attacked by a mob in the state’s Lagos Island region, the Lagos State Police Command has detained four individuals.
The incident occurred weeks prior to Kolade’s wedding, according to a reports.
According to a statement released on Sunday by the command’s spokesman, Abimbola Adebisi, the event happened on Freeman Street in Lagos Island on Wednesday, September 2, at approximately 10:40 p.m.
She claims that as Kolade and his husband were driving a black Lexus Jeep, a motorcyclist allegedly struck the car from behind.
The vehicle then reversed and struck the motorcycle, forcing both the rider and the motorcycle to tumble, according to Adebisi, who also stated that an argument followed.
According to preliminary investigations, Basit Kolade and his spouse were driving a black Lexus Jeep with registration number KSF 115 JZ from Ebute Metta to Lagos Island when a motorcycle is said to have struck the car from behind.
Both of them allegedly got into a fight. The rider and the motorcycle are said to have fallen when the car allegedly reversed and struck them during the incident.
A gang of locals were apparently drawn to this and attacked Basit with lethal weapons.
She claimed that women in the neighborhood saved Basit’s spouse while he was being attacked.
The victim was sent to the Lagos Island General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the statement.
The motorcyclist survived and was undergoing treatment, Adebisi continued.
Khalid Rafiq, 20; Gafar Rahim, 21; Ibrahim Azeez, 33; and Samos Momoh, 21, were the four suspects detained in relation to the event, according to the command.
The police spokeswoman added that attempts were still underway to locate and apprehend additional individuals suspected of being engaged in the assault.
The State Criminal inquiry Department (SCID), Panti, has been tasked with conducting additional research and taking proper legal action after the Command initiated an inquiry into the occurrence, which is being handled as a homicide case.
The Command would want to restate that Section 33 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution, as amended, guaranties everyone the fundamental right to life. The statement went on, “The Constitution only permits deprivation of life in situations that are expressly recognized by law.”
In the statement, Lagos State Command Commissioner of Police Fatai Tijani ordered the identification, arrest, and prosecution of anyone found responsible for the event.
The public was reassured by the command that a thorough and professional investigation would be carried out.
